Kinda reinforces the “don’t be a douche” golden rule.
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I agree. Now let’s get back to the topic- which has nothing to do with the people who actually break the rules- this thread is about the people who do not break the rules.
If a group large enough to squelch someone did so to someone innocent of chat violation, then someone by definition “broke the rules” and would be punished.
Your “topic” already has mechanisms in place to punish those abusing the system.
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Im glad they’ll be punished. That doesn’t solve that a bot determines the squelch, and the silence is carried out until a GM intervenes. Our feedback is plain; That’s not acceptable in a game that heavily revolves around communication.
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It’s definitely a minority opinion but it is out there. There’s a thread that died about a week ago “Right click report + Ganking” or something similar, that ended when someone point blank refused to acknowledge that someone all caps spamming the N word in barrens chat is something that should be shut down. He told me that my statement “racism is bad” is too political.
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Absolutely ridiculous.
This is coming from a person who claims to “hate the community”, but is “trying to make it better” while exhibiting signs of narcissism as he/she actively makes the community worse.
Is he still trying to harass me?
My auto-ignore auto-flag chrome extension for the WoW forums must be working well.
Also, I don’t “hate the community”, I simply said the “community is terrible” which you two are demonstrating very well. I appreciate the assistance.
Also thank you for giving my flag post button a workout.
lmao please for the love of god post what server you are playing on in classic so almost everyone here can avoid you like the plague.
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Ohh, do tell, where do I get that?
We’ve seen video evidence that the system is being abused.
Is it being abused to the extent which it will likely be abused in classic? Probably not.
Why not, you ask? Possibly because retail is a totally dufferent environment with its convenience geatures that make communication totally unnecessary like LFD and LFR. Add in crops realm zones that mean you will rarely if ever see the same person more than once and a squelch is practically meaningless. What’s the point of squelching someone when that squelch will have next to no effect?
Stop calling it a bot, it is making your argument look silly.
The squelch is 24 hour max unless a GM makes it a full bore silence.
Many of us find it quite a reasonable tradeoff in a game that relies heavily around communication in public channels.
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When have I claimed to “hate the community”?
public channels which I may remind everyone are completely optional!
I am not one of those people. I respectfully maintain my position.
Assuming you are responding to me.
Also optional: acting like a douche in public channels
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was agreeing with you, you dont HAVE to join the channel and talk in it.
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Pretty simple to see, isn’t it?
People running around calling other posters a “cancer”, etc. they’re really only proving my point.
Oh I fully acknowledge your stance that it is better for the entire community to suffer both the nonsense of douches in public channels as well as the resulting banter about it for an indeterminate length of time till a GM gets around to looking at the reports.
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Can you tell me what that chrome addon is?