@HOSCHMOSCH said in Change the handling of Reports - When is a report valid?:
are the perfect example of what everyone here is fed up with
'everyone' as in - a few individuals of the total player base. There's no data that backup your claims that a significant chunk of the player base is frustrated by the current moderation policies/rules.
@HOSCHMOSCH said in Change the handling of Reports - When is a report valid?:
They don’t seem to realize this is not YouTube or Instagram, but a small, isolated platform where more freedom of expression should be allowed.
There's no such thing as 'freedom of expression' on any platform. You have freedom of expression in your private digital or physical life. For example, you're free to talk whatever on your own Discord server. And you're free to talk about whatever in your own living room. But the moment you enter a public place you're expected to behave within the boundaries set by that public place. Being online on digital platforms may feel different because it's anonymous. But it's really not that different. There are still boundaries, and for good reason.
Our boundaries are described by the moderation policies/rules. And to some extend by the contributing guidelines. These state that (as an example) casual jokes relying on hate of jews, racism, swearing that is totally out of proportion or really anything else that resembles harassment as depicted by the rules.
It's a small number of vocal players that choose to walk on the line of the current moderation policies/rules intentionally. Or to cross it casually. Either is unnecessary, but what matters is that it is a choice. A choice made by an individual. You don't have to walk or cross the line. In my opinion, choosing to walk on or cross the line says more about the individual then about moderation policies/rules. And it's even less about the moderators themselves, as they're just applying the policies/rules as agreed upon.
To quote myself:
said in Change the handling of Reports - When is a report valid?:
Let me be quite clear: if it were up to me I would have banned some individuals of this community a long time ago. No appeal process possible. Just get out, do whatever you're doing somewhere else.
So yes, be constructive or do me a favor and just go and do something else. Anywhere really but to be here.
And once you're ready to be constructive - fight the rules. Not the people enforcing them. And certainly not the server administrators that enable us to play FAForever despite of the conscious choices of some individuals out there to disrupt the infrastructure of some niche, fan-made project out of spite.
