Report an RMT directly from Chat Log

[Avenger]

Although I don't object to the blacklist/report button, a whitelist might be much more effective. For example:

Friends can: [√]tell [√]invite [√]invite to alliance [√] invite to FC ...

or

Allow /tell from: [√]friends [√]party [√]fc [√]linkshell ... [√]whitelist [ ]spammers [ ]anyone

[fixitfelix]

SE could implement a honeypot character or characters in the game that can batch and flag accounts it receives tells from. Don't think it would be too difficult to implement something of that nature and it would certainly automate and act upon RMTs fairly quickly. This along with the report RMT spam feature that after 30-50 unique people report it the account is flagged and silenced for an hour for a GM to scrutinize it and make a determination based on the reports. The honeypot strategy can also work in conjunction with the unique report as further confirmation of a illicit account, if its reported on both sides something is DEFINITELY not kosher,if two or three honeypot characters receive tells from the same account then that already should be suspect already. Those accounts can be pretty much removed without even glancing at them.

[ArtemisMobiusetti]

SE could implement a honeypot character or characters in the game that can batch and flag accounts it receives tells from...

Fighting fire with fire. Make bots to fight bots. I like it. I also really like the idea of a Whitelist as opposed to a Blacklist since there are far more RMTs than there are people I want to get tells from. The downside being that this option would not reduce the amount of Friend Requests the RMTs send as well.

A reminder that the goal of this suggestion is NOT to find a way of stopping the RMT problem, it is a suggestion on how we can better MANAGE the RMT problem with easier reports for players and GMs alike. I am not sure how to grab the attention of an official in order to get their feedback on this, and the folks are /r/ffxiv were less than welcoming to the idea for some reason (they like RMTs?)