Final Fantasy XIV and a Culture of Enabling

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I'll say it's not so much a boogeyman when someone received a permanent strike on their account for listing a Party Finder with: "Snape kills Legolas in John Wick 4". There's a lot of innocuous things that receive GM actions, and trying to provide advice can be one of those things purely based on the tone someone else read it in. It's not consistent moderation, it's not clear moderation and it does impact the community of the game to where, if, someone genuinely wants to receive critique/advice a lot of people will only provide it over a third party platform just due to the chance of there being a risk at all.

And while, sure, providing advice to someone who didn't ask is considered rude within this community, at the same time making a suggestion in order to increase the efficacy of a party has always been a component to MMO sociability. And someone bluntly offering advice isn't really, to me at all, something that should get someone a permanent strike. Maybe a "remember, you can blacklist people you don't like" statement and then left alone.

But just because I haven't personally been affected by something like this, doesn't mean it doesn't happen and doesn't mean it hasn't impacted player to player interactions.

"allegedly"

the fact they have a screenshot for that is a bit suspicious, no?

[Alaray]

"allegedly"

the fact they have a screenshot for that is a bit suspicious, no?

What even is this take.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

What even is this take.

How do they know that was why they were reported? Who takes screens hots of the party finders they put up?

I don't believe they got suspended for the message in the screenshot in the slightest.

Oh, and the post in question was removed for misleading or false information so....

[Alaray]

How do they know that was why they were reported? Who takes screens hots of the party finders they put up?

I don't believe they got suspended for the message in the screenshot in the slightest.

Oh, and the post in question was removed for misleading or false information so....

Eh? You can see their entire discussion with the support staff, the person is pretty clear that they didn't have an actual screenshot of the actual PF since, to them "who would report /that/" and GM's don't provide it, but if you've only put up 1 or 2 within a month period it doesn't take a genius to figure out which one sparked the trouble. And people I generally trust know the person, and saw the PF they put up in the private tab when they, themselves, were joining their own group's.

People've gotten in trouble for less, the point still stands regardless.