That isn’t what I said at all. I said - report, and don’t engage.
Of course they are Mirasol. I don’t know who may have handled those reports - but it wasn’t me. We take those VERY seriously. My point was responding to posts like that are counterproductive. Report and don’t engage. While rare, it’s not impossible for someone to lose their game licenses for an egregious enough offense on the forums.
So yes, we take them seriously.
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Ok so now that I can speak.
You have a very strongly worded email from me in that email mail box.
That’s all I’m leaving it as. That wasn’t right.
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If they were taken seriously, this would not be allowed to continue. It would have stopped the very first time there was an offense.
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Exactly and how many people could have read that and actually acted through with it from that person? Why is someone like that allowed to keep running around?
Normally I’m w/e I just click report let the forum mods do their thing w/e but there’s gotta be something done and I feel as though this is the tipping point.
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That may be but we weren’t directly accusing you but it still does not change facts. It still doesn’t change how absolutely dangerous this is. Even if people report him and don’t engage this persons words are still there. And can still affect those who are vulnerable. And while taking the threads down is good, allowing the behavior to continue sends the message that they can just keep getting away with it.
Then please, have a talk with your fellows, and do better. Because things like this are potentially very very serious.
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We get 5 flags a day and it is VERY upsetting to see someone tell others to un alive themselves over and over but keep posting. The community uses their limited flags to say something is very wrong and needs the Mods to take the worst of these seriously.
Saying
Sends a message I don’t think you meant to send.
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One can hope not at least but this situation could have been handled a lot better than it was.
Now people are even more angry. I know I am and if I’m feeling it, I’m sure some others are too.
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My point is - that responding results in even more reports to wade through - and more wasted reporting points.
It’s counterproductive.
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So my issue comes in I try to ignore this person but it goes back to mute for an unknown reason.
We report things and it gets flagged for a mod review… but instead whoever reviewed it just deleted the thread and when they did it just deleted everything else.
One of the trolls in the thread even stated that they know why would get away scott free with what they were saying which means… IT HAPPENED BEFORE. Idk if that particular person got off scott free but that other person? The thread was 404ed and they just went right back to posting after saying some of the most vile and horrible stuff that was reported and greyed out.
Doing things the way it’s being done is encouraging harmful behavior and that’s the issue we have.
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And when we report this person, don’t engage and they keep going into threads and doing the same thing over and over, and over again with no sign of stopping, what message does that send? What message does that send to players?
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Why are people who are telling others to self harm allowed to keep posting after that? It is not enough to just delete the posts. That should be a perma ban.
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I do not envy the job of any forum moderator. Seriously, I don’t. It would drive me crazy. But it’s not our job to make yours easier. We are asking you (and whoever else is doing the moderating) to do their jobs. There are potentially real lives at risk because of the words of a few, for crying out loud.
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The messed up part is the person that spurred all this on did it before and were allowed to come back and they did it again.
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Yeah, them being allowed back after that is ridiculous.
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To be freak, the mods can do so much within their power. They can action folks when they break the rules, but folks are allowed to have more then one account/battle net account. Unless there’s a way for Blizzard, let alone other site/program/game to auto ban folks with any account within reason.
They have the power to sanction people when posts are flagged and then removed.
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Oh this person came back after being banned before for this behavior it isn’t bnet bypass (that’s another thing all together). They were gone for about… a month? 2 months? I think? Idk it was a good chunk of time with all their posts removed.
And if there are auto bans… I thought there were no auto bans on the forums?
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There are no auto bans on the forums at all. Any banning (or not banning) is done by a mod. Usually it starts with a day or so and goes up from there. It can go to perma if bad enough even on a first offense, but usually does not.
Telling people to un-alive themselves should certainly be more than a day or 3 though! Sends the wrong message, in my opinion, to have them posting again right away.
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