New PoE Code of Conduct change also applies to Global Chat

Well, its time for the rise of homonyms and coded language my friends.

Its the only way to escape moderation at this point.

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RPGlitch wrote:

Well, its time for the rise of homonyms and coded language my friends.

Its the only way to escape moderation at this point.

As if it hasn't been the case so far.

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Djinnkitty83 wrote:

"Political correctness" has almost always been a catchphrase for "basic human decency" outside of its original conception as a term used to describe how people would obscure and suppress criticism of political demagogues. Whenever you hear someone complaining about "political correctness gone wild", their complaints can pretty much always be boiled down to, "I can't be a total jerk to people without consequence anymore"

On a more practical note, GGG/Tencent's choice to specifically ban political content rather than enforce standards of just being decent to each other probably stems from laziness, it's easier to mass search political words/catchphrases and ban that, possibly through algorithm, rather than paying moderators to actually supervise discussion in chat and forums and stop harassers/bigots/jerks.

Not buying that, especially your blatant generalisation on people criticising political correctness. There are more facettes to it, than rightwing conservatives blabbering about their natural fallacies.
We dont need rules to make people act decent, acting like an ass it not a crime. Should you leave those boundaries to head for more stuff like discrimination, racism etc. there are already rules to deal with that, in addition to the already existing function of blocking those people.

That you admited that it will be easier to ban phrases with algorythms rather than supervision only confirms how crazy this idea is. Just take a look at the idea of upload-filters in the EU, whose existence is now denied by the same politicans that put article 13 through the parlament.
I dont believe that this change is made to make people act decent, simply cause you cant and there have been already options for that!If someone really overstepped the boundaries there would be no problem putting him to a supervisor. You need to do the same after the change, when people start using codenames or something. And should someone not really hurt/dsicriminate you, or should he simply discuss topics you are not interested in, than you could simply block him. Yet, you cannot ensure that this policy will not be abused, especially with such washy terms like "inflammatory subject" that can be anything. Simply as that.

Hence the reasonable choice is the lesser of two evils. It is not about videogames, it is about conformity and giving selfresponsibility willingly to authorities, no matter if that is a state or a company. I wonder what people will say, if those actions will take place in another sections of society. I mean, it already does. 10 Years ago one of my mathematic-professors said that it would have been completetly unthinkable in the 70s, if someone had suggested to write tests at the university. The cars in the streets would have been burned down. Look where we are today.

Last, but not least: It is kinda hypocritical how you speak about decency, while calling other people in this thread "Kiddo" and making fun of them. Cant find your post anymore. Did it already got deleted or did you do that yourself?

Censorship has a dark history, usually bad things happen when you censor things ... It is a unidimensional naivete.

Policing your forum/online game chat isn't censorship, let alone if people weren't edgy edge lords online we'd have no need for this.

Get that through your thick heads people.

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AldarisGrave wrote:

Policing your forum/online game chat isn't censorship, let alone if people weren't edgy edge lords online we'd have no need for this.

Get that through your thick heads people.

But angry people making themselves look dumb is what makes teh internets great.

awesome!!!! just like league of legends. Lame.
what they should do is make a channel where any thing goes and they rest where you cant.


We need a anything goes global chat channel imo

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BloodPuddles420 wrote:

But angry people making themselves look dumb is what makes teh internets great.

I know, i know. Just like how people conflate Freedom of Speech with consequence free speech.

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Fawkse wrote:

Cannot for the life of mine figure out why anyone would applaud censorship of their communication channels.

Then you're the most narrow minded individual in here. By all means, be against the updated ToS, and I can respect you for it. But if you can't see any reasons for them to do it, you're either blind, ignorant or - as said - narrow minded.

The reason(s) is/are simple; political and/or religious debates are often triggers of hate speech. GGG are (as far as I know) bound to uphold New Zealand laws, forbidding hate speech on several levels. "Censoring" a game chat room in a way that doesn't allow such debates, makes it much easier to regulate/moderate, and serves as preventive means - while at the same time, funneling their "communication channels" towards what an in-game chat room "should be" about; the game.

PS: Be against it. God knows I would agree with you on many levels. But your lack of understanding (empathy?) is astonishing.

Comes down to this: It costs them money to pay people to moderate chat. So they get rid of the problem rather than try to explain it to you. They don't owe you anything. They can ban you for no reason at all. Give them a reason and they're all the more likely to.