On the milder, somewhat more humorous side of real-world consequences, sometimes being called out in public can be humiliating.
A story about an anti-immigrant bigot in the UK back when Brexit was still being debated, most likely apocryphal but I always liked it.
An Englishman on holiday was in a shop and heard two women in front of him in line conversing in a foreign language. He loudly told them that “you’re in England, speak English”. He then felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around to see a large man behind him in line who said, “You’re in Wales mate”.
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i doubt it would get to that point.
you’d run away with your tail between your legs if a human-to-human interaction became the least bit confrontational.
forums can be read by anyone.
you don’t need to play to read what’s written here.
themselves.
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Perhaps they live in a small town?
Thing is, for it to get to a law suit he’d have to actually know who they were, getting punched by an offended stranger or strangers doesn’t imply you know them.
i didn’t imply that the imaginary party was known to Mr.Tough-guy.
the bravado is quite telling.
this is someone who likes to mouth off online, but wouldn’t be here smart-mouthing people if it was something they did irl.
if they tried this irl, people wouldn’t tolerate it.
…but based on the extremely mature “hurrr your mom” comments, i’m guessing they’re very young, and have a lot to learn about human interaction.
I think in terms of censorship, it shouldn’t be much of a problem. Because censorship is a thing most of us need to take into consideration censorship in the US and on Social Media doesn’t like opposing beliefs which in turn causes an uproar and can have accounts banned silencing the person and labeling the individual as a quote on quote “Sexist, Homophobic and Racist.” Most care about Inclusiveness and Diversity based on what someone looks like and when it’s talked about you get the occasional quote on quote “I’m offended.” In my own opinion, it doesn’t matter. As long as everyone is moving on with their life and making something of themselves, I’m happy.
What is allowed to be said on Blizzard forums are a reflection of the company itself. Forum moderation is smart, because it’d be all too easy for a journalist to clip unmoderated comments and build a case against Blizzard not caring about x, y, or z sensitive issues.
Besides that, teens aren’t adults and shouldn’t be subjected to adult talk. Most teenagers have phones, so it’s unrealistic to expect parents to set up permissions on every social media platform in existence that their kids may use. I know teens can view worse, but Blizzard doesn’t need to be party to that.
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no it isn’t, when you go to a place and meet people who are also interested in being in that spot at the same time for the same reasons, that drives friendship and community creation. and from an immersion standpoint in the game, it would be huge.
those have no meaning anymore, at least in the US.
Most High Schoolers now only care about what’s on their phones and in their pockets. It’s getting to the point to where everyone will eventually stop caring about them and the BAM reality sets in and then they want someone to pay attention to them cause they got a short attention span.
we don’t need anymore 12 year olds dropping N bombs in pvp and threatening to sexually assault everyone
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I’m not understanding what you’re getting at.
While teenagers are more independent, they’re still children. They’re still growing physically and mentally. They’re also ignorant to the world and reality.
It’s the parents responsibility to look after them, but also allow them to learn and grow on their own. To use the lessons learned that you taught them when they were younger to make good decisions for themselves when they’re growing older.
A tough balancing act for sure, but letting your teenagers live on their phone is just bad parenting.
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I’M BUILT like a linebacker i would love to see them try.
That’s the thing though, you’d never know there was beets in the cake if you weren’t told ahead of time. It tasted exactly like red velvet.
I remember when classic first released i made a joke about “Making Azeroth Great Again” on the forums-nothing more, nothing less.
To my utter surprise, they gave me a Perma ban. Adding to that shock, after I appealed it they reversed it and apologized.
Just Remember the people who moderate are often overly sensitive, ego-driven, and have their agendas as well.
Another example of bad parenting is when parents will let their kids think for themselves when really their still in their teenage years and don’t know how the real world works. What Blizz does badly at is censoring words that don’t fit a narrative cause a teen got offended. The parents on the other hand don’t restrict what the child says on the internet.
Aka fitting the narrative of left-wing agenda.
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It sounds like you are trying to be clever to tie in what is happening on Twitter to here. You can’t. This is a gaming site. Very different from what goes on in social media. There has to be moderation otherwise it would turn into utter chaos. People won’t block or ignore posts that are meant to offend, they will just go nuclear towards at each other. The forums would get so toxic they would be out of control. The rules here are meant for a reason and should remain.
And im one of the lucky ones that the right person saw my appeal and did the slightest of research into it. I was also banned from Twitter during early covid and was recently unbanned thanks to Elon.
It’s good to be somewhat vindicated but we shouldn’t have to rely on an eccentric billionaire to take the initiative to be a hero. Our elected officials should be protecting our rights and interests.
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My honest opinion is that you have a lot of growing up to do.
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Then I amend my statement.
Absolute freedom of speech might not be inherently good, but protection from government is.