Stalking and Harassment, GM/Square Enix Refusal to act

[Kaurhz]

Aside from the GM inconsistency, it's also the fact that a large part of the community likes to say the MMO equivalent of "well, what was she wearing?" every time they hear about someone getting stalked, as if somehow it's ALWAYS the victim's fault that they got targeted, usually while also making some dismissive comment about them being ERPers or modders. (IE: They lowkey hope the person being harassed is breaking the TOS so they'll get punished as much or worse than the stalker.)

At best, the dismissive party are concern-trolling for reactions (because being contradictory gets the hits). At worst, they're trying to bait people into incriminating themselves (even if the person they're subtly accusing is innocent). But none them are actually trying to help anyone with their comments, they're just stirring the pot.

Tbh, their inconsistency is two-fold... I've had some situations where I've had good experiences, and then some situations where they've been completely unhelpful, and haven't really looked at the ticket. E.g., they don't really look at things like blacklist evasion, or ban evasion which are the issues I care more since they are tied hand-in had with stalkers.

This thread is wild... I didn't even care about the whole victim blaming until some other poster just come in out of nowhere and tried to make this about use-case scenarios with the whole "We need your autobiography of the situation to determine if you've suffered enough" - Which is ironic seeing as on a principle level (What I am referring to) they actually agree, e.g.,

I think almost everyone is on board with there being severe punishment for harassment/stalking

I am not supporting any given use-case of whether harassment and stalking is or is not blown out of proportion.. I am simply supporting harder moderation for the context of harassment and stalking

I'm just generally in support for more universal measures, e.g., looking at ban or blacklist evasion, as many of us have already seen how unhinged it can get, seeing as we've had literal stalker plugins developed (Which ironically stemmed because of undercut grievances)

I don't even think it's concern-trolling, they are just generally not actually reading the posts before responding, or just reading a single sentence and then day dreaming about the rest.