Square Enix Does not care about Stalking/Harassment In Game

[Bunnykin_M]

A friend once informed me that there may be an add on that allows you to completely remove players from your game. Not that I would endorse using a 3rd party add on to compensate for SE's inaction towards serious issues like harassment and stalking.

That being said the friends list and blacklist issues are really pathetic and it's even more pathetic that SE refuses to fix them after years and years of being told how bad they are.

Problem is that, if you do that, then you, too, could have your account terminated with no warning or chance to appeal even if the report is filed maliciously.

[Amenara]

Problem is that, if you do that, then you, too, could have your account terminated with no warning or chance to appeal even if the report is filed maliciously.

Yup. Thanks SE for designing a great system I guess.

[SamSmoot]

One solution: An ignore player option that makes the ignored player disappear completely from the game in your view, You don't see any evidence of their existence at all. I suppose it could also work in reverse, so the ignored player wouldn't see anyone who ignored them.
This would have to apply to ignored player's entire account though, to stop them from creating alts to continue the harassment.

[Divinemights]

One solution: An ignore player option that makes the ignored player disappear completely from the game in your view, You don't see any evidence of their existence at all. I suppose it could also work in reverse, so the ignored player wouldn't see anyone who ignored them.
This would have to apply to ignored player's entire account though, to stop them from creating alts to continue the harassment.

So, are you saying SE should create a system if A dislike B and ban B, B dislike C and ban C; then C ban A for the same reason.
Consider there are so many Kevin/Karen, Strawberries, and a generation raised under toxic Cancel culture, you might as well just ask SE to shut down the game

[Colt47]

"[...] we cannot share the outcome with you for privacy reasons [...]

Don't come onto a forum and start saying the GMs are doing nothing when they are legally bound to not share the results of an investigation to the person requesting the investigation. This is not a system to promote revenge games.

[Padudu]

Don't come onto a forum and start saying the GMs are doing nothing when they are legally bound to not share the results of an investigation to the person requesting the investigation. This is not a system to promote revenge games.

Funny enough the person that this entire thread is about already posted here, so seems like GM is not doing their jobs lol

[Colt47]

Funny enough the person that this entire thread is about already posted here, so seems like GM is not doing their jobs lol

Oh they do their jobs. It's just that lots of people think harassment is something other than what it actually is. Having a guy jump around inside an FC house to be annoying is not harassment and in fact, FCs can restrict who can enter the FC house to strictly FC members so I'm not sure why they haven't done that. I mean, I've seen true harassment in the game before and the extreme lengths some folks go to on it. Think reactivating an old FC website that everyone forgot exists just to backdoor into a discord to write a gaslight post based on some set of events that happened about 5-6 years ago, and was willing to pay the monthly fee to reactivate said website.

Like, truly weird stuff happens in long running MMOs.

[Padudu]

Oh they do their jobs. It's just that lots of people think harassment is something other than what it actually is. Having a guy jump around inside an FC house to be annoying is not harassment and in fact, FCs can restrict who can enter the FC house to strictly FC members so I'm not sure why they haven't done that. I mean, I've seen true harassment in the game before and the extreme lengths some folks go to on it. Think reactivating an old FC website that everyone forgot exists just to backdoor into a discord to write a gaslight post based on some set of events that happened about 5-6 years ago, and was willing to pay the monthly fee to reactivate said website.

Like, truly weird stuff happens in long running MMOs.

I mean it's still harassment lol even if they don't lock their FC house. Per the OP the offender (who, once again, is in this thread!) is stalking FC members, going into the FC house despite being told not to, and leaving messages. IDC if they lock the door or not, that kind of behavior IS harassment and is deserving of being thrown into GM baby jail. What's true harassment to you? lol, as soon as you overstep boundaries and continue to knowingly do so, it's harassment my man.

[Colt47]

I mean it's still harassment lol even if they don't lock their FC house. Per the OP the offender (who, once again, is in this thread!) is stalking FC members, going into the FC house despite being told not to, and leaving messages. IDC if they lock the door or not, that kind of behavior IS harassment and is deserving of being thrown into GM baby jail. What's true harassment to you? lol, as soon as you overstep boundaries and continue to knowingly do so, it's harassment my man.

Problem is what exactly is this person doing while following someone around. If the player is doing constant emotes whenever the other guy is standing still that's definitely a problem. If he's haunting the FC house like a ghost but otherwise isn't spamming emotes and is just kind of unwelcomed, that is kind of hard to really call harassment. It's disturbing behavior but they aren't defaming, slandering, or impeding someone in some way.

[Liam_Harper]

and in fact, FCs can restrict who can enter the FC house to strictly FC members so I'm not sure why they haven't done that.

If they do this, not only do you lock our the harasser, you also lock out neighbors, friendly passers-by, friends of FC members, alts in other FC's and so on. An entire FC shouldn't have to lose access to having any visitors because of a single stalker.