Quote Originally Posted by Enla View Post
You can't block every flying monkey that comes your way when someone is determined to punish you for daring to have a spine and slander your reputation to anyone who is willing to hear it. Which coupled with the threat of losing friendships and manipulation by the abuser often keeps victims quiet.
But the thing is, you can block them all. The busy status prevents anyone from contacting you privately. Losing reputation means nothing outside of professional circles because any community willing to believe slander is too rotten to be a part of anyway. If you prioritize your self worth higher than any relationship, these abusers have no leverage. I am not saying it's easy, but I am saying that this approach is more effective than just silently taking the abuse for fear of losing your social circles and hoping it will go away one day.

The part where things get tricky is when the abuser is someone who might arrive at your physical location to do who knows what, or someone who has the ability to affect your livelihood. Then it's time to contact the authorities. Again, simply tolerating it is not an effective way to ensure your safety.

Square Enix can do very little in a situation involving out of game contact. I think in-game communities are the ones capable of curbing harassment in the gaming circles. Isolate every person using common harassment tactics like spreading nudes, putting people in a negative light or asking people to message spam someone. If abusers use the community as a tool for harassment that means at some point they will reach out to other people to gain support and to act on their behalf, thus revealing themselves.