Streaming world of warcraft twitch issue with reporting

[Erpolith-moon-guard]

@Shadybolt-thrall

Folks have said this about literally every single job that has ever existed. Although I doubt being a forum troll would ever pay as much as a dime, compared to folks who do get lucky and manage to build a community streaming - because those folks very much so can make it a job.

It’s all about luck. Look at miss Hawk Tau, she said one thing and now she has thousands of followers. People envy the lucky and horde around them hoping it rubs off of them too. But the fact is it’s all luck. MrBeast could promote your Youtube channel and suddenly you’re a big shot too. But once that moment passes what is really left? They’re all just the same copycat narcissistic streamerperson trying to act likable and popular whilst providing nothing unique to the scene.

[Mirasol-mannoroth (Mirasol)]

@Faiwybeawy-stormrage

about people reporting people for posting their twitch links in with group finder,

I am sorry Faiwybeawy, but advertising any external site is against the rules both on the forums and in-game. It does not matter if it is your Twitch, T-shirts, or girl scout cookies. We are not allowed to use Blizzard’s platforms for advertising and promotion or outside sites, goods, or services.

You will need to stop advertising your Twitch Stream. People are correct to report it and you will get penalized for it eventually.

Here is a thread from earlier this year where a poster asked about the penalties for advertising their stream.

BLUE reply which points out that the Code of Conduct does not allow advertising, but the OP wanted the EULA section too.

Support using A.I. Copy & Paste Response

Perhaps, the template used are fairly generic, so it usually won’t be that specific. Sorry for the confusion. The policies involved tend to be a bit vague, as they are intended to cover a wide array of sins. The in-game Code of Conduct often focuses on inappropriate behavior such as using profanity or inappropriate subject matter, toxicity. As the others pointed out, it does specifically list “advertisement” it in the Social Contract, which covers both suggested behaviors and outlines socia…

And another clearing up what the poster was suspended for:

Blizzard allowing griefing through report system

For “no reason” is often subjective. It usually depends on the activity and the person being reported believes they are violating policy or not. To be clear, our staff often use template responses, especially when replying to penalty reviews in order to keep the messaging consistent. This was explained a bit in the response where your penalty was overturned. Again, I should clarify that the Game Master told you that your comments were a bit on the edge, but they decided to lean in your favor…

Continuing the discussion from Blizzard allowing griefing through report system:

@Vrakthris

Yes, it is supposed to work that way. The point is to allow players to report behavior they feel may violate policy without the person reported being able to harass them for it. While I cannot say this of 100% of the folks reporting you, the majority seem to be those who are witnessing your chat and feel that it is beyond the pale.

What you should do about this is learn from it. Here are some examples of what you have done.

1. Initiating discussions about conspiracy theories - which was done multiple times. I am just glancing at the chat logs on these reports and you use the exact same sentence, down to the triple question mark at the end on 9/11, 9/12, 9/13, 9/27. In Looking for Group no less.
2. Advertising a Twitch URL. We do not allow advertising of channels in our game or on our forums.
3. Multiple incidents of toxicity and other “PSA” statements intended to incite others.

[Faiwybeawy-stormrage]

so by the definition you’ve provide
ANY external site link can be reported as advertisement?

[Mirasol-mannoroth (Mirasol)]

Yes. Any external site can be reported as advertisement. Do not advertise or promote ANY external site on Blizzard’s platforms. That means in-game or on the forums.

You are free to chat with friends, share links with friends privately, put your discord in your guild info, etc.

You can’t use anything else to promote external sites though.

[Sagirá-thrall]

@Mirasol-mannoroth

You can’t use anything else to promote external sites though.

Does that mean I am at risk for sending people to WoWHead in Newcomer chat? Gotta think that would be allowed, with what Vrakthris said.

[Mythosaur-frostwolf]

no you can do that it would fall under the helping stuff

@Vrakthris

If someone were to link a guide video on how to do a specific quest, dungeon or achievement

[Sagirá-thrall]

Thanks.

Loving the Mog and the name, btw. Mandolorian culture is the most interesting in all of Star Wars.

[Mythosaur-frostwolf]

i know and ty btw this toon was a tauren lol helm mogs runed it for me lol

[Mirasol-mannoroth (Mirasol)]

@Mythosaur-frostwolf

no you can do that it would fall under the helping stuff

Only if it is in an organically generated chat conversation. Someone can’t just start making videos and linking them in chat, even if helpful unless someone asks. Otherwise it is still promoting their Youtube.

[Mirasol-mannoroth (Mirasol)]

@Sagirá-thrall

Does that mean I am at risk for sending people to WoWHead in Newcomer chat?

That is perfectly fine and welcome! Thank you for helping new folks

[Mythosaur-frostwolf]

i just say youtube or wowhead due to stuff changes all the time better than me trying to explain everything

[Mirasol-mannoroth (Mirasol)]

Oh certainly. Those are organic conversations though where someone asks a question, and the best answer is a link to a guide. That happens a ton here on the forums and is quite welcome. What is not welcome are people making threads to promote their channels. I am quite sure you already know that, but just making sure it is all in one place for others who come across the thread.

[Dracen-moon-guard]

I don’t agree with OP at all. Posting links to your twitch in group finder is attention grabby and says “Hey look I’m a streamer, you should watch me and blahdeeebladeeblahblah”.

When I’m looking for a genuine group, I’m not looking for someone to advertise themselves.

[Faroda-moonrunner]

This feels completely backwards.

What value is there to me (or anyone looking for a group) to see that one of my group members is a streamer/is live now?

If you want to provide casual/beginner runs, you can do that without advertising your channel. I don’t care if the casual run I sign up for is led by a streamer/content creator.

If I suddenly decide “It sure would be nice to find a community of like minded folks who could help me improve.”, I would go to Discord, Twitch, YouTube, etc. and look for that community. And if I’ve already found the community outside the game…then the advertising in the game still has no benefit to me because I’ve already found you and hopefully become friends. I just need an invite - no Group Finder required.

You could also be using the in-game Communities feature to facilitate this. Or a guild.

Placing your stream handle/URL in a Group Finder title or description is not helping others - it’s advertising to get more views.