Quote Originally Posted by Vnolan View Post
I mean morally wrong. Planned event or not, those players would still be parsing and unlike most other prohibited activities, parsing has no effect on other players, the game's code or game balance.


In the hypothetical, posting the party's parse in chat would let the average player know about parsing and what knowledge it can provide. There would be no comments about the numbers being bad or good, so the harassment potential can be ignored.
The average player knows what parsing is, it's been around for decades as both a tool for those that want to use it to improve, and as a tool for those that want to be tools. The latter being the main issue- it's a tool that's used more in pugs specifically to be toxic than to be helpful, and there's no way to sugar coat that fact. The only time 'parses as educational' ever comes up is when people are complaining about not being allowed to use them, but as someone who has been playing WoW for over a decade I've not once seen someone use it to try to help others in a pug- they use it to boost their own ego and call others garbage.

What doesn't make sense here is why you want this- you already have parsing tools clearly or your idea wouldn't even be a possibility, and if you can already use the tools it's a pretty hollow 'protest' move you're suggesting. They've made their stance pretty clear- they don't want this sort of thing because it's toxic, which is true. They won't stop you from doing it on your own, so if you are using it solely for yourself and not in a toxic way, they will do nothing about it. It is a win win situation for literally everyone except for the players that intend to use it in a toxic manner.