The reason I posted this petition is because they posted on the 6th about taking action and 1 week later I now have 8x the spam I had 1 week ago. This clearly shows me that their methods are currently not working effectively. It's nice that they banned 518 accounts, but there is a growing problem rather than a problem that simply needs policing. It is my belief that they can optimize their work by empowering players and this is what I hope comes to their attention. I think the suggestions for such a system here are fantastic and I hope they are all considered. Ideally, we want to treat the problem and not the symptom. I think many of the suggestions here would help alleviate the issue.

speaking of suggestions, I would like to see the following:

If a high number of people blacklist a name (say over 100?), That individual would be flagged and would be locked from /shout /tell /yell / say until their profile was reviewed for consideration (something that would have to be requested from that player). I believe something like this would easily empower users. If the account was hacked, most likely the hacker would also abandon the account (as opposed to requesting to be unflagged again) in which case the real player might get a chance to reset their standing as opposed to being permanently banned. a moderator could easily determine if the flagging was legitimate upon review and take any necessary action.