Trade channel spam - Blue Tracker

#0 - Jan. 2, 2009, 4:38 p.m.

I hope this is the right place for this...

As I'm sure most of us are aware, the Trade channel is generally used for everything but trading/selling. Last night, I couldn't stand it any longer and started reporting everyone who made a non-trade comment for spamming (the right-click/Report for Spamming method).

Was this the correct method to use? Is there a better/more effective/official way to report this behaviour? Should I even bother?

Please advise

Aredek

#4 - Jan. 2, 2009, 4:51 p.m.

We encourage our players to use the appropriate channels to communicate with one another; however, it is not necessarily considered in violation of our policies to use these chat channels to discuss an unrelated subject. The trade channel is intended to be used to discuss trade agreements, but discussing other subject matter is acceptable.

I sincerely apologize for any frustration this has caused you, Arras.

Aredek

#7 - Jan. 2, 2009, 5:01 p.m.

Q u o t e:

I can see where you're coming from, but I can't say I agree with this. If a channel is called "trade", one would assume the channel is meant for Trade. Not to look for groups, not to discuss the 49ers, and not any other inane babble that comes to mind. There are other options for this, the General channel comes to mind

As a player myself, I completely understand where you are coming from. With that being said, it was my intention to inform you of our policies regarding this matter. Should you feel that these off-topic discussions be disallowed in the Trade Channel, I encourage you to share your opinion on the Suggestions Forum.