How would an optional, official parser be toxic?

[ChaseNetwork]

Here's the thing. Parsers are not toxic. Parsers do not cause anything. Literally, all they do is parse.

This follows a similar conversation the gun debate. Guns do not kill people. Guns shoot bullets. That is specifically all that they do. It's how the gun is used, which is determined by the user - the human behind the gun.

Mmm. But I think I need an even closer analogy to that for parsers, as we're talking about people judging you based on information provided by these parsers, rather then something simple like bad people using guns to do bad things. This isn't exactly "bad" people using parsers to do bad things. It's shrewd (astute, or sharp in partical matters) people using parsers to generally make their own lives easier.

When I think about how that could be analogous to anything, I come up with this.

What if your school/college transcripts were public record? You apply for a job, the employer just plugs your name into a database, and boom, they see your academic transcript. They see you didn't make an A in a particular field. They don't even bother calling you or messaging you to give you the well known "We'll call you in two weeks" let down. Hell, it could be that they automated this, and no human ever saw your application. A machine that employers are finding popular for weeding out people quickly, and without their effort, has judged you unworthy.

Of course, the majority of people, the ones who don't have the greatest of transcripts, would hate this system, and thus demand that schools only issue them upon request by the transcript holder themselves. Something like the current system we have.

And the few who simply have supperb transcripts would be pleased without the hold on transcripts. less effort on their part to provide additional information to employers, and they are found by employers much easier.

This sounds a lot like the current parsing system, and the community at the end game using it, doesn't it?

Naturally, the argument exists that we should be able to view our own transcripts (parses). SE actually doesn't care if you do monitor your own parses. Colleges let you monitor your own transcript. However, because of the control of it, Colleges can actually say that only you can see your own transcripts, and you can not see anyone else's transcripts. SE could have this power quite simply. Have a toggle selection in the chat logs, automatically set to "off", that publishes your battle log information in other people's battle logs. Granted, those other people would be pissed that they can't use that to judge you, and demand you turn it on.

[Aerlana]

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I dont understand your point.

Because what you says (your logs are shown even if you dont want) is already the situation we have.

And for the battlelog lock to anyone else, yes it is an idea. Not sure a good one :-°

[ChaseNetwork]

I dont understand your point.

Because what you says (your logs are shown even if you dont want) is already the situation we have.

And for the battlelog lock to anyone else, yes it is an idea. Not sure a good one :-°

It's in response to the subject. "How would an optional official parser be toxic". Explained the nature of the situation, and then described what about that nature resulted in the current atmosphere.

[SleepyNeko]

What if your school/college transcripts were public record?

Its a nice analogy except it needs the caveat of the transcripts being taken from random surprise quiz that you did not know contributed to your final grade, or suddenly you are doing exams that were meant for students one year above you (iLvl difference)

As for the topic, I don't think having an official parser will be toxic in itself, but it will provide toxic players with an excuse to "officially" use it against others. Be it calling people out in a toxic manner or silently excluding players due to more availability to record logs and post them on fflogs.