they do.
did you notice that the “victim” in the other thread has finally stated that they haven’t reported anything?
…and i’m pretty sure based on the timing and description, that these threads are referencing the same person.
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I didn’t get the impression that they are the same person.
But I did see the DHs posts where he/she said they haven’t reported yet.
I really hope it gets sorted out.
We already have to deal with lockdowns, no need to add something stressful on top of that.
i couldn’t see any difference in the backstories… but the original post in the other thread was heavily edited.
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Clearly the only solution is to delete LFR.
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Both threads tell highly unlikely stories about repeated bad behaviour of a guildie, claiming (at first,) Blizzard would do nothing. Despite advice from many players, neither OP has bothered making a thread on the CS forum, where they could get help if the complaints were genuine.
Both threads seem to be aimed at reducing privacy for guild members.
There’s likely to be a shared ulterior motive.
You know that really shouldn’t be happening. They should be taking care of it because it would be the same account.
Normally they are very good with handling real harassment, so either what that person is saying isn’t consider harassment or them working at home is causing things to move slower than normal (although you said over a year so that can’t be the issue).
Been advocating for account-wide ignore for years and years. I think Blizzard might have me on ignore. And it’s account-wide!!
The only kind of people that could possibly be against this feature would be the stalking socios.
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I agree blizz should be totally on top of situations like this. Also, I hope your friend isn’t giving this company actual $$.
Has she not reported the guy for harassment? It’s my experience that Blizz bans for such things.
Why would they make a public post? Matters like this need a private ticket.
Reducing privacy? Care to explain how? How is asking for filters reducing privacy?
hahahahahaha. 
She sounds like she’s enjoying the mails so she can complain about them. If I was getting mail from a stalker who was in my gulf, I’d gquit or even move servers. This story is super weird.
I had the exact same thing happen and when I reported it, blizzard banned them. For quite some time.
Not entirely sure why it’s not working this time around. They don’t take kindly to circumventing ignore.
Well, first things first, report them! Especially with mail saying they should kill themselves. That crosses a pretty sharp line.
Report them and if they get banned and try to ban evade to continue then more serious actions could be taken.
Second, you know I kind of like the idea of mail filters. I mean, its very niche but I get it. We have whisper filters, trade filters, guild filters, etc. but no mail filters. I think it would be a good move.
Now, on the other hand, this is where the cynical side of me comes into play. That line tells me there is more to the story than what is being said. If she HAS reported it there is no way it has been going on for a year, and if he is making alt accounts to continue and its also been reported Blizzard would have put a stop to it.
I know a lot of people like to rag on how “reporting doesn’t do anything” but they do and especially in scenarios like what you outline above in terms of examples.
Again, this is where red flags pop up for me. If a guy is telling someone to kill themselves and they are reported I am pretty sure they are going to be actioned, in which case making a new toon won’t help them. If they continued by making multiple accounts, it would be noticed that they are continuing to harass her.
To me, this comes off as part of the story is either missing -OR- the person who is being “attacked” is not telling you something.
And then this isn’t really going to help your case but turning around and insulting Blizzard immediately after asking for help with a problem.
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Again, while I agree with you at the start that Mail Filter’s would be cool to see, and I love the examples you made it’s really not a good idea to make its a petition and asking for people to vote by liking your post.
Having a lot of up votes does not mean they are more or less likely to notice your post. Trust me, if that were the case my post on the Caravan Brutosaur which has nearly 400 likes would have done something about that change.
They are not, they really are not. It needs to be reported and as I mentioned above, either part of this story is not being told -or- the person who you are speaking for in your post is not telling you the full story. Also, she needs to be the one making the reports.
Again, I think your idea of Mail Filters is great and I would love to see Mail Filters in game, however past that you are going about this the wrong way.
Yeah, which is making me thing that there is more to the story than what is being told or that the person who he says is being harassed is not giving him the full story in some way.
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I would suggest maybe getting law enforcement involved since the harasser has told the person to end their life. There was a lady not too long ago who did something similar to a young teenager (The harassment that this lady did happen all on the internet.) and the law enforcement went after her. If Blizzard can’t help you, maybe law enforcement can.
Blizzard does do something though, they just haven’t tried. It’s similar to that other thread where the fool openly said something along the lines of “I haven’t reported anything yet.” Like, really?
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Indeed, like I said, I think we are missing huge parts of the story or the victim is not telling this guy the full truth.
Blizzard does act on this stuff.
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Except for actually putting protections in that we can use.
The fact that it has been 15+ years and we still don’t have account wide ignore is sad.
I mean ffs they locked the ability to ignore people on the forums behind trust levels. You want to protect yourself from someone? Better sing praise to Blizzard, one misstep and you lose access to those protections.
It is clear that these are made up stories trying to push an agenda with an end goal of making the character completely anon. I mean does anyone really buy “years of harassment, but I haven’t used any of the tools to try and get it to stop”?
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That part makes literally zero sense…
The forums lack any form of direct communication and if someone is coming into different threads to harass you then that is what flagging is for and they will get actioned over it…
I still think having an ignore function on these forums was one of the worst things that Blizzard could have added. They are a discussion forum, it does not lead to productive discussion to just cut out anyone you disagree with and if you can’t handle people disagreeing with you then you have no place on a forum that exists literally for discussion.
I could have understood that choice if the WoW forums had a DM/PM system but it doesn’t.
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I have had two incidents of in game harassment. Both times Blizzard took care of it. People like the OP are not telling the whole story or are completely making it up (which is what I am leaning towards). If they reported harassment circumventing the ignore, Blizzard’s response is not “just keep putting them on ignore and report them”.
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