Ingame Stalking/Harassment versus Blacklisting: No true way to protect yourself

[Melikka]

I am so sorry you're dealing with the same thing as me. I actually just wrote a forum post because I was told by a GM to post a suggestion (though I knew it had been posted before and got completely ignored by GMs!) They need to rework this. SE claims it is illegal to remove names from lists simply because it's considered hacking or an invasion of privacy - but where is OUR privacy? When we removed the person from our friends list, we are entitled to OUR PERSONAL PRIVACY - More so than our offenders and predators keeping tabs on us by such a flawed system.

Thank you for responding to my thread as well, Kitty.
And I am really sorry that you have to deal with such a situation as well.

I find it interesting that they send you over to the forums as well. I have mixed feelings about this... it seems like despite our ingame reports (and there must be countless ones from countless people about the exact same issue) they are not at all willing to solve this/ take this serious. No one from the community team commented on my thread so far, so I guess they really don't see this as an issue.

I hope that for you the situation will calm down. All the support and thoughts to you. I know how ridiculously anxious such a situation can make you.

[Natama]

Thank you for responding to my thread as well, Kitty.
And I am really sorry that you have to deal with such a situation as well.

I find it interesting that they send you over to the forums as well. I have mixed feelings about this... it seems like despite our ingame reports (and there must be countless ones from countless people about the exact same issue) they are not at all willing to solve this/ take this serious. No one from the community team commented on my thread so far, so I guess they really don't see this as an issue.

I hope that for you the situation will calm down. All the support and thoughts to you. I know how ridiculously anxious such a situation can make you.

I've actually had to make a new character just to find some form of peace of mind because the person continues to stalk me and keep tabs on me. I shouldn't have to feel this way honestly and no one ever should. I wish they'd take harassment like this seriously. Sadly - The person in my situation has had several reports on them by various people on my server and yet nothing has been done. In fact, my FC who had kicked him and told him not to come around due to harassment ended up being told by a GM "Go inside of your FC house and lock the doors to avoid him." How is this.... Correct? Why should we feel unsafe because he's stalking people but yet nothing has been done. This person is blacklisted from SEVERAL FC's because of his actions and how he acts and clings to women in particular. But we are the ones who should make accommodations for that person and go out of our way to make sure that our predators feelings aren't hurt in any manner, while we have panic attacks and eventually leave the game. This person actually made 3 females leave the game for good due to his actions and nothing being done about the reports - and I might be the next if it continues. It's really REALLY sad. And the GM's have done nothing but promise they will look into it seriously while also shoving me to the forums to make an obligatory post that will go completely unseen and unanswered because our feelings simply don't matter as much as the predators do.