I’d like to report harassment and trolling in the forums

Unfortunately, the combative nature of the responses you have made in this thread have as much to do with the need to close it as anything the other members of the community have said, Thearchitect. Perhaps fewer comments that start with “people like you” would be prudent.

It was more so that they responded to a post you made and engaged in a discussion with opinions that you may not have agreed with. Out of the gate, after some simple disagreeing comments, you accused the previous posters of trolling when all they did was speak to the issue you brought up.

You are welcome to your opinion, just as much as they are, but people will disagree with you and that doesn’t make them trolls or harassing.

I think Crepe put it fairly well here:

I think Crepe put if fairly well.

There isn’t really evidence that supports that accusation. The community consists of all World of Warcraft players but the forums tend to have a lot of regular participants who spend their time in one particular forum category or another. That you see the same folks jumping into threads and participating in discussion isn’t really evidence that they are following you around, trolling or harassment. It just means they are active and might gravitate towards certain subjects.

Well, technically the idea that you’ll receive any official response is a bit unlikely. These forums are not official contact points to talk to our Developers or even our Community Managers. They are here for players to discuss the game with their fellow players. Our CMs and Devs visit and usually collect feedback/suggestions, but you are at no point ever guaranteed a response. Remember, these forums are a perk of an active subscription, not something that is actively paid for.

Our Moderators look at reporting accounts to see if folks are abusing the reporting system. If such abuse is verified appropriate actions are taken. Keep in mind, Freedom of Speech applies to the government, not privately owned forums. While we want players to engage in active and varied discussions on our forums, about our games, we do have policies that we expect to be adhered to.

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I want to be clear here:

Banewulf, along with anyone else who has an account in good standing, may post in whatever thread they wish. You don’t own it nor do you get to determine who may or may not participate in a thread, started by you or not, and posting in any given thread doesn’t constitute harassment.

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