I disagree. Cheers!
Blizz should add a public Tribunal system similar to how Riot had it 10 or so years ago, showing reason, chat log examples and all.
With the way some people carry on about their ban, you kind of see why they got bannedâŚ
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Because the Support article and forum post tells us what channel to use.
Any boosting, carrying, or other similar services offered for gold thatâs advertised outside of the Trade (Services) chat channel will be considered spam and the proper actions will be taken, so be sure to switch your service advertisements to the new chat channel when it becomes available after this weekâs regional maintenance.
Individuals and guilds selling boost or assistance in raiding, dungeon, or PvP activities for gold is allowed but can only be advertised in-game through the Trade Services chat channel. Advertising for gameplay activities should be done by a WoW player-character who intends to participate in the gameplay activities. This means there should be no cross-realm advertising, and there should be no advertising from non-participating players.
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None of these clearly indicate that gdkp belongs solely in the trade chat.
Yeah i just dont agree with the rule and i know it doesnt matter if i do.
Thats not what gdkps are.
They arent boosts, they arent offering any assistance in raiding, it isnt a carry run.
Its literally a raid full of people using an auction based loot setting.
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You are, actually. You said your email specifically said your sanction was for
You got reported for what you were saying that goes against the rules you agreed to. It doesnât matter what someone said that âpromptedâ you to reply. Context does not matter. Now, if you actually were reported many times over for the GDKP - more reports only adds weight to the other ones that already would have put you under review.
And as has also been stated many times over - people like to whisper and threaten (which you absolutely SHOULD be reporting) and all of that mess for your advertising. That doesnât mean theyâre actually going to do it.
If you werenât breaking any rules and were posting appropriately - you would have gotten a temporary squelch MAYBE, if there were enough reports. You were sanctioned because of things you were saying. Then compounded it with the GDKP advertising in the wrong channel, back to back with it being posted in the appropriate channel. That is spam, even if it were okay to post in both channels.
No i didnât. I said it was for abusive chat. I said the gm trying to shut down a discussion made vague references to âinappropriate chatâ.
My apologies, I didnât scroll back to that post then, but whether abusive or inappropriate - the sanction itself wasnât wholly based off the advertising. It was for what you were saying in chat and then added to that onus with the advertising as you had done it.
You know now, whether you wish to acknowledge the correct answers that youâve been given or not. If youâre appealing the sanction/black mark against the account - I do wish you well with it.
Again, without being mass reported for a gdkp I wouldnât have been suspended for the âinappropriate languageâ. They also indicated if not for the inappropriate language, the âspamâ wouldnât have been actionable. This doesnât set any alarm bells off for you? Really?
GDKP is not boosting, carrying, or âa service offered for goldâ 
Again, you seem to not understand what GDKP is.
What I want to see is Blizzard specifically say GDKP is not allowed in LFG. I donât think such a thing exists.
So what your saying is the way you spoke, that got you banned, is okay if people didnât report you?
Thatâs like saying itâs okay to rob a bank if the staff donât call the cops.
lol all that text when if you just scrolled a bit longer youâd see the blue post.
Your team is wrong. Gg.
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Thereâs no teams. Thereâs only what is rational, and what is explicit policy. There is still no explicit policy against posting in lfg for a raid which uses gdkp.
GDKP is boosting+carrying when they advertise for and invite âpure buyersâ, and itâs a BoP selling service otherwise. You arenât fooling anyone, yourself included 
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GDKPs literally have the roles called âcarriesâ and âbuyersâ. You have gold buyers who use gold to buy gear, and you have people who carry them through the instance.
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Have you ever heard that stat where technically like 80% of the U.S population has committed a felony or something?
Nearly everyone has a collection of words in their chat log which could be pulled out of context and used to justify a suspension. They would never do this unless you were mass reported.
Yes there is!
Individuals and guilds selling items and profession services for gold is allowed but can only be advertised in-game through the Trade chat channel.
Individuals and guilds selling boost or assistance in raiding, dungeon, or PvP activities for gold is allowed but can only be advertised in-game through the Trade Services chat channel.
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Weâve been over this a few times.
What happened when thereâs bad rng and everything gets deâd or vendored? Is it still a sale?
That is not correct. The spam, and the wrong channel ARE actionable as stated in the policy.
However, Suspensions are not automated despite what the internet wants to believe. A GM does have discretion. A few spammy messages is not as likely to get you penalized as doing 3 things to break the rules.
You seem to want to blame people for reporting you as the bad guys, when it was your own decision to
- use the wrong channel
- spam it
- use language you should not
You put those together and yes, a GM is going to action the account.
IRL example. A cop might give me a warning or ignore it if I am going only 3 miles over the speed limit. That is still something I COULD get a ticket for, but they often let it slide if it is super minor and I have a good record. Add in that I ran a stop sign and hit another car, and I am going to get a ticket for all three. Hitting the other car might be the worst thing I did, but it does not make the first two things ok. Those still break the traffic laws and can be penalized if a cop wants.
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You were posting back to back in two channels. One of those channels being LFG - which WILL get your hand slapped for it. Youâre not the first person sanctioned for advertising there. People have been suspended for advertising guild recruitments. People have been suspended for just inane chatting in LFG.
Looking for Group is a channel for groups to be formed to run content without special caveats. That is how Blizzard has treated it and has been happening since Classic dropped.
So even ignoring what you were saying that was against the rules to begin with - you broke them again with advertising in the wrong place and being spammy with your posts every couple of minutes.
There isnât a hard and fast rule about being safe reposting an advertisement in X amount of time. The GMs take the communitiesâ reporting trends into consideration for the different realms as to what could be considered spam. A good rule of thumb is no more than once every 5 minutes, but you have to kind of read the room for that.