I know there is the right-click option to report a bad guild name. But this particular guild name is patently anti-Semitic. I don’t want this sitting in some queue for months being ignored.
Since they clearly don’t want a ticket for this, I am curious to see how long this name goes unactioned or how many reports it takes before something happens.
One.
As Amaelalin says, it only takes one report to join the queue for investigation. But more reports (from different players-- multiple reports from the same account still only count as one report) do nudge it up the chain. From there, it’s decided whether it breaks policy or not, and the only parties ultimately made privy to the situation are Blizzard and the reported.
Haha, not a chance one is all it takes or names would be fixed within a month at most - which is not the case. The only time I’ve ever seen name changes actually be issued is when a large number of people report it in.
Each report is looked at and action is indeed taken if the name breaks the rules.
Could also be the only decent people you’ve seen take the action in stride and learn from it. Many people don’t, and simply change back to the name that was reported in the first place.
Again, not the case. I’ve also personally tested this ‘1 report is all it takes’ business on myself, and it’s simply not the case. The only time I’ve ever gotten a name change - for anything - is after saying something in a public chat that people disagreed with and caused them to dislike me enough to be petty and report the name. I’d say 5+ is a good start on actually getting an investigation, or an automated response. Whichever comes first.
You’re welcome to browse this forum to see for yourself. The flippant threads and complaints about the actions are all the evidence we need.
Something also strikes me as not-entirely-truthful about that story, if I’m being honest. Correlation does not equal causation, and reports are not acted upon immediately. But that is neither here nor there, as the only evidence I have is what’s provided here by various other players much like your evidence seems solely based what happened to you.
False, my evidence is from my reports against players and myself; including using secondary accounts. Six+ months later, and still no action. So either 1 report does nothing, or it takes longer than six months to solve. Which is it?
You can also hop onto any server, RP servers especially to find names that break naming policies with ease within 5-10 minutes of joining. There are thousands of them that violate naming rules on RP servers, and they really don’t get actioned hardly ever. That’s been a pretty well known fact for quite some time.
I once was healing a dungeon and saw that a hunter had an inappropriate pet name. I reported it and thought nothing further, but the hunter disconnected and his friend in the dungeon said that he got a suspension.
Sometimes one report is all it takes, but if it’s as bad as the original poster says, I’m fairly certain more people will report the guild name and it will get penalized.
Again, false. That’s just the report that put them over whatever threshold, unless you’re stating that Blizzard instantly investigated that singular report and took action, instantly.
It works in a way of holding onto reports, and once it hits a certain threshold over a certain time period seems to cause it to be worthy of investigation/automated action.
If that’s what you believe, then I won’t try to dissuade you, but there is definitely something to be learned here.
If people think that the report button doesn’t work, then they won’t use it. If people don’t use the report button, then reports won’t be investigated into and bad names/speech will continue.
It’s a cycle of self-defeat. The only way to beat it is to report when you see something that’s inappropriate and violates the rules.
Sure, but without the expectation of that all it takes is a single person reporting on something to get it fixed because that’s simply not the case. You could be the one to put them over a certain threshold, but if you’re the only one reporting them in the end it doesn’t matter because they get away without an investigation. A singular report doesn’t cause anything on it’s own in 2019.
That’s what some people WANT you to believe, especially the ones that that might have questionable names. You are not helping, pushing that propaganda.
I’m gonna go by what the SFAs have said here than rely on the word of a random player pushing an agenda.
It’s not a want thing, it’s just a fact. A singular report doesn’t merit any action, at least within a six month period window at the least. If you really think a singular report is all it takes, I’ll tell you to come onto MG and go ahead and report plenty of players that break naming policies - add them to friends and see if they ever change names. Even offensive ones and not just RP-server naming policy stuff. Then keep doing it every time you see them, and realize in the end it doesn’t really matter.
In that case, SFAs would be considered pushing an agenda, with a cause to make it seem like that report system actually does something from singular reports. Which it doesn’t. Just like updates to these forums don’t happen for things sorely needed, like ignore.
Now you are just ranting…
It’s players like you that spread the false information and lies that reports don’t work is the reason why people stop reporting.
Back to the Original Post…
It’s only takes one report, it’s not a lightning bolt from the sky, but reports do get looked at (despite what some malcontents say). If you find a questionable name, report and get your friends to report it too.
lets just move on one of our friendly blues will either step in or just lock it up im sure shortly.
Your tinfoil is way too tight. Please don’t spread your missinformation here as you will find that you will be called out for it.
Also just reporting a name doesn’t get it changed. You could report my name as many times as you like, it won’t get changed because it isn’t against policy.
I will believe what I’ve seen from posting on these forums for almost 15 years and Blizzard over some random that seems to have an agenda any day.
There’s a good chance the name your seeing isn’t against the rules.
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