Fix Spam

Any game that can be exploited with RMT sellers is inherently plagued by spam and the only true way to stop it is to close chat altogether. While we have the option to leave global and trade chat, we shouldn't find ourselves pushed to the point of leaving just to avoid the clutter that comes with spambots. I shouldn't have to /facepalm every 30 seconds when a spambot rapidly posts 10-until it gets banned-spam messages Here are a few ideas I feel might be viable to fix this:

1. Ramping chat limit: first post fine, second post within 3 seconds ok, third post within a now higher cooldown will be blocked.

2. Multiple messages with the same string: If more than one message in succession has the same string of characters or extremely simliar within the past 2 or 3 posts by the same person (to account for variance like adding a different character at the end of each message to avoid this) are blocked.

Several people have offered a minimum level to chat option. I don't think its a good idea because it prevents new and/or casual players who have no idea what they're from using chat for help and guidance. This is a player deterrence and should not be implemented.
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As far as trade chat goes I feel each post should come with at least a 10-20 second cooldown before being allowed to post again. That would give more visibility to everything that just gets buried by spam.

We should come up with more ideas for this and push for a change. We shouldn't be forced to stop what we're doing just to ignore and report every single spam bot that pops up every other minute. Messages that are auto-blocked should be sent to gm's for quick review and the system should be able to automatically put temporary chat mutes on extreme offenders (bots) to make the system more automated.


If you agree with any of this or have a better idea please comment.