Is Pyromancer getting a perm ban for having Dalamud?

[Folsom]

would mass reporting someone still be acceptable if they were nicer?

Mass reporting someone, so long as they actually broke a rule, is always technically acceptable, regardless of how nice they are. Few companies or other authorities in their right minds write a rule, note that it's only enforced via complaint, and then find legitimate complaints unacceptable, whether enmasse or singularly (though often it takes more than one complaint to trigger a reaction depending on the type of entity the complaint is made to). Whether they actually do anything will be based on their internal policy, but it's extremely unlikely (though not impossible!) that they'll consider the reporting unacceptable or harassment. On the other hand, they may note that it wasn't their intent, but we'll see (or not).

[KariTheFox]

Mass reporting someone, so long as they actually broke a rule, is always technically acceptable, regardless of how nice they are. Few companies or other authorities in their right minds write a rule, note that it's only enforced via complaint, and then find legitimate complaints unacceptable, whether enmasse or singularly (though often it takes more than one complaint to trigger a reaction depending on the type of entity the complaint is made to). Whether they actually do anything will be based on their internal policy, but it's extremely unlikely (though not impossible!) that they'll consider the reporting unacceptable or harassment. On the other hand, they may note that it wasn't their intent, but we'll see (or not).

Do you think the people on 5ch and other communities who engage in targeted, mass reporting actually care about the rules - isn't it possible that they engage in this behaviour because they enjoy having the ability to specifically target and take down people they may not like for reasons outside of the rules.

[Lihtleita]

Mass reporting someone, so long as they actually broke a rule, is always technically acceptable, regardless of how nice they are. Few companies or other authorities in their right minds write a rule, note that it's only enforced via complaint, and then find legitimate complaints unacceptable, whether enmasse or singularly (though often it takes more than one complaint to trigger a reaction depending on the type of entity the complaint is made to). Whether they actually do anything will be based on their internal policy, but it's extremely unlikely (though not impossible!) that they'll consider the reporting unacceptable or harassment. On the other hand, they may note that it wasn't their intent, but we'll see (or not).

while i agree with you on paper, ive seen massreporting being used competitively in other mmos, most notably new world. I worry what will happen if GMs go by volume of reports rather than a thorough investigation.

seeing ppl respond to this with "he deserves it hes a dick" first and foremost is not encouraging

[Jaquan]

while i agree with you on paper, ive seen massreporting being used competitively in other mmos, most notably new world. I worry what will happen if GMs go by volume of reports rather than a thorough investigation.

seeing ppl respond to this with "he deserves it hes a dick" first and foremost is not encouraging

We don't know if GMs make their decision based on amount of reports or does it simply moves them to investigate much sooner than they would otherwise. Ultimately I doubt one or two reports over few days would generate same response as hundreds sent in a matter of hours.

In this particular case if SE decides to move and investigate latest Pyro streams... Yeah he's toasted. Barring his general attitude and personality he chose to actively antagonize and taunt SE by putting his add-ons on the forefront.