There is no contradiction. Using /trade for things that are not chat related is not a violation, in and of itself. You are still bound by the other rules while using /trade to hold that conversation, though.
Yes, “spam” is “spam”, regardless of the channel. Talking is not necessarily “spamming”, though.
Bobby can report Johnny for “spam” because Johnny had he audacity to use /trade to hold a conversation, a use that according to Blizzard is not a violation. The decision as to whether Johnny is actually guilty of “spam” for holding that conversation in /trade is up to Blizzard to make.
I was actioned for making up a goofy name for Asmonthing, it was reported as harassment and upheld. I then decided to try out the game as it currently is, feel free to read the thread I created about it. By the way Clion, your hypocrisy is laughable.
It speaks to the ability of the people in the channel to decide what is not acceptable in the channel.
PS, and “may” also traslates as being given leave to do something.
As in “Can we report people filling up the trade channel with inane stuff?”
“Yes, yes you MAY.”
This nitpicking of single words is on a level of “what the definition of ‘is’ is.”
Boy, there sure are a lot of people in this thread talking about things unrelated to this topic. Bet it makes you wanna right click report em don’t ya? You filthy animals .
Quite, and it is in the power of the other people in the channel to report the people having a conversation for a few minutes before haggling, likely resulting in them being squelched.
It sounds like I was correct about that forum vacation.
BTW, I am not Clion, as you should well know.
Prior to the new forum format, I posted on a different avatar, though. He is not level 10, so I had to either change avatars or level that character. I chose to change avatars. I have not even tried to hide that fact.
Love how people go about spouting about the first amendment and free speech as if it applies to protecting them from anything other than government censure.
I expect that the use of /trade for things not related to chat will be a frequent and ongoing occurrence.
I sincerely hope that you can come to terms with that fact.
Failure to do so and constant reporting of anyone that has the audacity to use /trade chat in a manner that you do not like in an effort to get them squelched, will likely eventually lead to unpleasant repercussions for you.
You may want to reread that blue post a few more times from earlier. Please point to where the blue stated that those reporting the person in trade for disrupting what the channel was intended for were breaking the CoC.
That seems kind of dangerous. Imagine playing on one server where people basically use Trade as a global chat. Then you swap servers and suddenly, you get silenced. Inconsistency is silly and Blizzard should have concrete rules when it comes to penalties that can impact your gameplay directly.
This gray area shenanigans is really silly to me should not be part of something that could get you banned.
Yah, it is kind of silly. I’ve seen that time and time again on other websites. Youtube and twitter to other things. People claiming their free speech when they get banned. haha.
Probably not. You know, I am curious. If someone asks where an NPC is and you tell them the complete opposite of where it is, can that player report you for trolling?
If thinking that helps you sleep at night, have at it. If a GM reviews a report and sees players literally having a conversation “before haggling”, which is the specific thing that was mentioned that I was respnding to,I suspect the report will be upheld. Much like the examples in the threads questioning trade chat policies and the blue responses therein.
Point to where any Blue or Blizzard said that /trade was intended to be used only for chat related trade.
As for your question, reporting someone for an actual violation is not a violation of the CoC. Reporting someone with the intent to squelch them IS a violation, though, especially when no violation occurred.
Blizzard has already stated that use of /trade for non trade related chat is NOT a violation.
Some people have all but admitted that they will be reporting anyone who has the audacity to use /trade in a manner they do not like in order to get them squelched and removed from /trade. IMO, that is most definitely a violation of the CoC.
Of course, that is just my opinion.
As with any reports, the final decision is up to Blizzard.
If Blizzard sees those players submitting multiple and repeated reports against anyone that has the audacity to use /trade in a manner they do not like (such as using /trade for non trade related chat), though, I would be surprised if Blizzard did not take action against those reporters.
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