How am I supposed to report a player when there’s no “report player” function on Right-Click on name in chat? There’s only this:
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I would do a proper UI reset only instances im aware of causing no report is either its a actual blizzard employee impossible to report or a corrupted UI causing havoc.
Had the chat sat there for a bit OR already scrolled up several lines? If so, that is working as intended it seems. Chat starts to decay after a while and thus can no longer be reported via right-click.
Why would it be intended that we cannot right click report a chat violation? If someone posted a vile, racist comment in chat, why should it matter that it scolled up and out of view? With the massive carry spam in chat these days, chat windows scroll by like a slot machine wheel. Having to scroll up to report doesn’t make the comment any less of a violation, does it?
As a player, I’m sure Kyzera wouldn’t be able to answer that. Maybe you should post your query over in General. Or better yet on Twitter. The devs are pretty good about answering questions there.
https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs
But I doubt the limiting factor is how far up the offending text has scrolled, but rather how much time has elapsed. Most players don’t sit there pondering a line of chat for several minutes before realizing they’re offended by it.
Perhaps. But why would you be able to interact in other ways with the name. If you can target, invite, and whisper, why can’t you report? It seems strange that they would specifically and intentionally code it so you can’t report.
Again, all good questions… for the devs.
Maybe… but there’s zero developer feedback in general discussion, so they aren’t going to be answering questions there. And I don’t do the tweeter.
I was hoping that someone here might know the reason for this issue. Part of the reason behind the implementation of right-click reporting was to make reporting easier. This aspect makes it harder. I don’t see the logic behind it. Oh well.
It is likely a technical limitation of the system, Pu. Past a certain point the data in your chat window is stored client side to save bandwidth.
It is likely a combination of the time since it happened and the size of the log file. The more chat that is going through, the shorter the time-frame for reporting because the log file does not support the volume. As well, something that happened 10 minutes ago is not currently relevant.
That doesn’t really matter. It’s a development question and not a Customer Support question. SFAs are not liaisons with the Devs. They don’t explain development decisions.
Hmm… so maybe it can still save the name info to allow for whispers or invites, but not the line of the chat itself?
If it’s a foul racist comment, it’s absolutely relevant and ought to be reported. The time delay shouldn’t have any bearing. But as it’s a techinical limitation as Vrakthris noted, there’s not much to be done other than hope that as the technology improves, they are able to store more and allow for more reporting.
Which is why said:
Fortunately, Vrakthris was able to shed a little more light on the matter. Thanks everyone.
If it was truly that offensive, it should have been reported ten minutes ago, and probably was, by the rest of the realm.
Which didn’t negate anything I posted.
Might have been. But that doesn’t make it less worthy of a report. I’m not the “someone else probably got it” kind of person.
Um… ok? Just saying that fortunately Vrakthris was able to shed some light on the issue and I have an understanding now that it’s a technical limitation, as opposed to an intended design feature. Don’t be mad. I think we have a good result here. 
Getting off topic but when was the last time any of us scrolled up 10 minutes worth of chat? Like legit did it? That’s probably your answer right there.
Pure speculation here but I would venture to guess Vrak is spot on here. It is purely a log and data thing. That is just an absurd amount of data to keep open like that. It would explain why it is client side still. It would also explain why whisper invite etc still works as those are standard things.
The “technical limitation” is the design feature. They aren’t separate items. The limit on the current chat log and where it is stored is a technical limitation they designed into it.
Don’t talk down to me. I may post on a Gnome but that doesn’t make me “small” or “less than” any other poster.
This seems on point. If you’re scrolling up and reporting something, it’s because you were scrolling up for another reason and happen to see something offensive that you didn’t see when it was fresh.
I doubt there are very many players so eager to be offended that they scroll back through more than the last minute or two of their chat log. I would put a fair bit of money on it.
Ok. But what I meant was that it doesn’t look like they were designing it specifically to make it more difficult to report, but rather, they simply had to select a cut off point for the storage. That’s good to know.
Didn’t mean to. I thought you were getting mad at me.
Heh heh. Fair point. You are tiny and adorable. And respected.
/punt
Just kidding.
Exactly. If I happen to see something inappropriate while scrolling up (i.e. to check something that was for sale), I’ll RCR it. If it doesn’t allow me to report, now I know why.
How long are we going to beat this dead horse?