This game needs better DPS feedback

[Kaurie]

There is no possibility of parsers causing harassment, because a tool can't harass anyone. People using said tool can cause harassment, but as multiple people have pointed out, they can (and do) harass people without that tool. We don't need research for that, it's a plain illogical argument. The only thing that empiric research could show is whether there's a correlation between parsers and harassment, and if so, how strong it is. Even then, it would tell us nothing about parsers, but about people who use parsers, and as such what sort of measures we (or rather, SE) should take against these people and their actions (and not against parsers).

While I agree and strongly think that parsers do not cause harassment, I disagree that the entire argument is illogical. Just as they cannot come to a conclusion without research, neither can we. There is no evidence or research to support that adding a parser in increases (or decreases, or has no effect on) the likely hood that people will behave in a negative manner.

Parsers would not harass someone, but the information they provide may entice people to behave negatively - which is how they cause it.

Keep in mind that something causing an action does not need to actually do the action.


All of that said, I think the best way to phrase it would be to say, "I believe adding a parser will enable further toxicity among the playerbase."