This game...

[tsuchii]

As someone who had a person blacklisted and they still managed to follow me around the game while I was doing MSQ, spam me with slap emotes and even go so far as to take on the appearance and name of my original character (after I changed both to try to throw them off) and proceed to harass my friends....the blacklist only prevents messages being exchanged. It absolutely doesn't prevent stalking/harassment/interaction taking place in other forms.

Yeah, person can stand there but it's pretty common courtesy to not just send a random person a creepy message because you're speeding on a red bull and trying to use a disorder as an excuse for the behavior. Speaking as someone who has one, it's not acceptable.

That is two completely different situations - and definitely 100% harassment - and you should report.

Spam slapping and following you at MSQ - that's a different story.

・Obscene/Indecent Expressions
Key Points
In general, all expressions of an obscene/indecent nature are prohibited. If a report has been filed and the prohibited activity is confirmed, a penalty will be issued.

This applies to not only text-based expressions such as chat but also to expressions that use emotes and or character movements in ways that are sexually explicit.

- Examples of violations that use character motions
- Using a combination of emotes and motions to mimic grinding against another character
- Using movements that are evocative of sexual activities

[LianaThorne]

That is two completely different situations - and definitely 100% harassment - and you should report.

Spam slapping and following you at MSQ - that's a different story.

・Obscene/Indecent Expressions
Key Points
In general, all expressions of an obscene/indecent nature are prohibited. If a report has been filed and the prohibited activity is confirmed, a penalty will be issued.

This applies to not only text-based expressions such as chat but also to expressions that use emotes and or character movements in ways that are sexually explicit.

- Examples of violations that use character motions
- Using a combination of emotes and motions to mimic grinding against another character
- Using movements that are evocative of sexual activities

I did report and get them perma-banned (have confirmation from a friend of a friend).

My point is that the blacklist system we have is utterly useless at doing anything other than preventing conversation. It does nothing else. OP could blacklist them and they could still follow them around the map without any ability to stop it if a GM doesn't get involved (since the person in their post literally did that and said they wanted to watch them). So, saying that blacklist prevents interaction from happening is completely false as the person wanting to engage with you can do so freely in other methods. I remember one thread on here where someone was stalking and harassing an FC for months and the GMs did nothing about it when reported.

A blacklist should hide you from the other person and prevent any form of lookup so they can't find you. Point blank period.

It is completely ridiculous that this game has so many ways to encourage stalking (lodestone links that don't change, blacklist that is more of a mute button than a blacklist, how you aren't removed from the other person's friends list when you remove them, etc.) and they have it like that for the sake of "not hurting the other person's feelings". Utter garbage. If you're being a creep your feelings are irrelevant.