New PoE Code of Conduct change also applies to Global Chat

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LanPirot wrote:

Such a view must be pure trolling.

So you have to be banned.

Sorry for that, but it is just our house rules.

/facepalm

Must be maddening that you have to act like an adult now.

Ding Dong, the Trump thread is dead!

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Zionyaru wrote:

Ding Dong, the Trump thread is dead!

NEVER FORGET! 882 pages of FREEEEDDOOOMMM!!! Fighting tirelessly for the American dick...err, dream since Nov 20th 2017. Now crushed by cruel overlords.

Press F to pay respects.

P.S.: Friendly reminder that nothing happened today 30 years ago. :)

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AldarisGrave wrote:

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plodd wrote:

Its not called moderation its called censorship and the end of free speech.

Its happening everywhere you need to wake up.

It's a video game. Their product, their house rules.
Also censorship is only a thing when the government is DIRECTLY involved, not when some company finally decides to enforce it's rules.

Ah yes, of course. The 'states can do no right, and private bodies can do no wrong' crowd. Censorship defined purely in terms of state repression, so that private entities can't ever be accused of it - by definition! How convenient!

Btw, ever been on a bus? Or subway? Or other public space? State product, states' house rules, eh? Or are you gonna pull out the old 'it's funded by taxpayers' excuse? Hint: don't.

This was a non-issue. People just left global 1.

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idrankyourbeer wrote:

so basically anyone who mentions the word Trump in general chat is getting the banhammer?

Reported

there is a global chat Kappa

This is has to be done , and i am glad they are doing this , the chat was Atrocious and Disgusting , the Community wants to Communicate with each other about the Game and aswell help new Players .

There are several Platforms out there where you can Discuss Politics Religion or your so called " Freedom of Speech " there .

I just wish they would explicitly ban spamming multiple threads in a short period of time for the same topic in their code of conduct. They clearly reserve the right to remove them through the posting policy, but it's not explicitly stated.

Freedom of speech pertains purely to the government. You're on a commercially owned forum/game/server where their rules clearly need to create an environment that pushes their business goals forward. General discussion/global chat can already get pretty disgusting at times, alienating at least a portion of their player base. On the other end of the spectrum, banning categories of speech will alienate another portion of their customer base.

They clearly need to make a decision about which direction best serves their product, because no matter what choice they make they are alienating some portion of their consumers.

This was their decision.

I'm personally good with it. If someone needs a place to spew their opinions about politics or religion, then maybe try a place where people go to discuss that. This is a gaming forum/chat. Talk about the game.

One caveat, if you have an off topic section then I think that should be a completely no holds barred kind of place. But their house, their rules.

This is fantastic. I'm all for people having their moral convictions, but I certainly don't want to hear about them in a video game I play to escape my everyday working world.