Is Something Being Done About the False Flaggers of These Forums?

[Snowslight-kiljaeden (Snowslight)]

I just want to say I miss Koro and that cute, fun panda hunter. She was hilarious.
Both of them were.

[Rhaumiel-proudmoore]

@Snowslight-kiljaeden

I don’t think the example you edited out, which I think I read, was suspension worthy.

Oh, I tried to be as vague as possible, however then being threatened with being false flagged again (we know who started it) was enough for me to edit my post in fear of now being silenced again.

[Heretodie-emerald-dream]

i think the intent behind the post is what decides it.

if youre looking to cause trouble, you get in trouble. if you’re trying to genuinely add to the conversation but dont fully control your behavior, less trouble. if you have an opinion but very clear good intention, no trouble.

and by trouble, i mean banned vs post deleted vs all posts deleted + ban.

so while there is a lot of false flagging going on, i think moderators generally handle them with similar rules. (they seem less robotic lately)

[Snowslight-kiljaeden (Snowslight)]

@Heretodie-emerald-dream

i think the intent behind the post is what decides it.

I think it’s the assumed intent behind the post. Too many times I’ve seen people jump on someone because they misunderstood their post.

We all read with our inner voice and if we’re having a bad day, around people who are negative, it can rub off on us and then we read what someone wrote and get mad at them.

That’s just some. There’s at least one that’s downright bonkers. Again, not much can be done about it.

Flaggers gonna flag. It is what it is.

[Rialius-wyrmrest-accord (Rialius)]

Maybe it wasn’t a false flagging…

[Khosumi-illidan]

@Rhaumiel-proudmoore

Thanks for trying to derail the conversation. Got anything else to add or are you just going to keep bringing up TOS?

The TOS dictates what is and what isn’t false flagging. Don’t be a knucklehead.

[Furrfist-frostmourne]

@Snowslight-kiljaeden

I think it’s the assumed intent behind the post.

There’s nothing assumed though. People react the way they do. If they vocalize their interpretation, and you’re bothered by it, then clear it up with them or point out what you mean. If they still misunderstand, then you have to chalk it up as a difference of opinion or realize that you can work on better communication. But I don’t see this type of introspection from the OP, and he seems to want to lay all the blame on this elusive group of ‘false flaggers’.

[Mythicdruid-elune]

I didn’t read all the posts but I have had this happen to me a few times because people choose to be easily offended.

I rarely, if ever, flag a post, because people have a right to post their opinions.
What they don’t have a right to is shoving their opinions down others’ throats by belittling, criticizing and insulting to try to beat others down. This is called bullying.

On my facebook, I am friends with all kinds of people and allow them to post things they don’t agree with on something I shared. As long as they are respectful about it. I do not try to control others but I will not allow others to try to control me when I choose to voice my beliefs and opinions.

[Sumar-zangarmarsh]

Same bunch that abused down vote button.

[Snowslight-kiljaeden (Snowslight)]

@Furrfist-frostmourne

If they vocalize their interpretation, and you’re bothered by it, then clear it up with them or point out what you mean.

If they vocalize it. That’s a big if.

Some don’t. They just flag, move on or, more often they stay in the thread and talk to others about how they flagged the OP.

That’s abusive behaviour.

[Briselody-lightnings-blade (Briselody)]

You keep saying false flagging, but I don’t think you actually know what it means.

Flagging your post for breaking CoC is not false flagging. That’s just a fact. I’m sorry if you can’t see that.

[anon42980455]

@Caelus-proudmoore

Huh? I mean, I’ve had a LOT of my comments reported. Like, a LOT . But never was I actioned until a mod took a look at it.

Pretty much this. I got “flagged for trolling” but never silenced when the mods take a look at it. It helps to not put much stock into the WoW forums. I view trust levels as a joke and am here to have fun.

[Zangblats-maiev]

@Nate-senjin

You vastly overestimate how much effort people are putting into these forums if you think they are conspiring to cycle through all their alts just to silence you.

While I think this thread and the OP are entirely ridiculous and absolutely pointless, I have seen it done. A lot of times they do it to like their own posts as well to make it seem like others agree with them.

[Starlagosa-dentarg (Starlagosa)]

@Rhaumiel-proudmoore

And my post was already reported as spam. This is the exact example of people false flagging others that don’t agree with their own view point. Instead of furthering discussion, people just try to silence others and abuse the system. Hopefully a GM can look at this post and determine that it isn’t spam, and it also isn’t the first one to be created on this topic. False flagging is something that is done on these forums, and also in game to silence others and should be addressed like on the public forums.

@Starlagosa-dentarg

I think you should open a ticket and ask this question. I do not think you’re going to get the answer you want from the moderators by putting it here. You’re certainly not going to get an answer from the rest of the forum posters because we’re not moderators so we don’t know what they do about ‘false flaggers’ for certain.

You already got your answer.
Ask the moderators.
All this topic has ended up being is people pointing fingers at each other.
Is that what you intended?

[Briselody-lightnings-blade (Briselody)]

@Zangblats-maiev

A lot of times they do it to like their own posts as well to make it seem like others agree with them.

I’m pretty sure that sets off some kind of extra alarm for the mod team, because every time I’ve seen it done the post is restored almost instantly.

@Starlagosa-dentarg

Is that what you intended?

It is exactly that, yes.

[Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak]

@Rhaumiel-proudmoore

I have noticed that most players on these forums will report any opposing view to their own

yes, they do. its childish but this joke forum lets them get away with it, so they will keep doing it.
About the 3rd time its obvious that the person is abusing the flag they should get a 30 day break to teach them to stop doing it.

[Yesuna-wyrmrest-accord]

@Rhaumiel-proudmoore

Is there any repercussions to falsely reporting another player?

No, if there were people being punished we’d see the complaints on the forum about it after their short suspensions were up. So far we’ve seen 0 threads about people being unjustly suspended for trying to clean the forum up. I’ve seen people laughing and bragging about abusing the system, there is nothing being done about it. Which I think is pathetic since Blizzard stated that they would action people doing so.

[Lovefool-alterac-mountains (Lovefool)]

It is the consequence of the removal of the down vote system. When it was removed the only way people had to express disapproval/disagreement was to flag. They don’t punish the false flags so the cycle continues.

Down voting needs to come back.

[Jibian-quelthalas]

I doubt they do something about this, false allegations, cancel culture and mob mentality are taking control over everything on the internet, it roots in the violent nature of humans to do these kinds of things, i really hate the moment the stupid “like” and “dislike” button got implemented in every discussion online platform, i miss old vbulletin forums.

[Leannánsí-moon-guard]

Nothing is being done about anything on these boards. Blizzard stopped caring. Everything is automated. If you lose Trust level, you can’t get it back.