Forum changes - do we need a forum wipe?

[Laeuko-draenor]

To help dispel the rumors floating around the forums about coordinated flagging.

Continuing the discussion from Are coordinated reports harassment on the forum?:

@Vrakthris

We keep an eye out for patterns, so we may notice when specific characters/accounts are reporting specific other characters.

At the end of the day, the most other players can do with their report is temporarily hide a post. It is up to the moderator to determine if the post may violate policy or not and either restore it or remove and penalize it.

Keep in mind, there are some posts that we may not penalize but we will remove because they are either off topic, not appropriate to our forums, etc…

Continuing the discussion from Are coordinated reports harassment on the forum?:

@Vrakthris

Just to note, I do look at folks recent posting history on occasion, to get an idea of where they are coming from. I’ve also been hip deep in a certain thread in general for a bit now cleaning up some of the mess so I am aware of what has been happening this morning.

The accusations about what may or may not take place in a discord isn’t really a factor. We have no jurisdiction there. We’d look at what is happening on our forums, including those posts being reported and yes, we notice who reports them.

I would love nothing more than to take that entire thread apart and counter a lot of the misconceptions, but I’ll stay in my lane.