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Um, companies banning people for bullying is doing something. Those of us who volunteer or donate to charity are doing something. Those of us who stand up for the rights of people to not be bullied online are doing something.
One of the few people doing nothing (outside of insisting those who are victims of bullying are in fact the ones at fault or blaming the victims parents like you did earlier and you continue to lack the understanding of how cyber bulling pours into the real world so disconnecting from the internet once it starts does not mean it ends) here is you. I don't know how you could possibly sit there and assume that no one in the entire world is doing things to help others or to stop injustices from occurring.
Maybe a bit of helping others would help you see more clearly.
See also: Somalia. No functioning government to speak of and an entire populace held to the whims of heavily armed warlords.
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Banning exploiters and hackers : very good thing, no need to explain why.
Banning trolls from SOE forums : very good, as long as a large part of the community does not want to post, because they believe they will be trolled/flamed/bullied on the forums, the banstick should be ready. You cannot have a tiny group terrorize your fans and customers.
Banning negative feedback givers because of what they posted on social media or third party forums, that is not a good thing. However this has not happened. So why start pointing at SOE for something they have not done? Trust me when it has happened, I am pretty sure enough people are standing ready to tear them a new one.
You can expect any anti-bullying policy to not go down well with bullies like Ray12k.
Been out of the loop for some time, have communities really gone downhill that fast? I spent 7 years in SWG, did short stints in EVE and SWTOR. I've never had any problems with asshats. Sure once or twice there was some person who felt the need to threaten to kill me but I didn't pay much attention to that.
99.99% of the time I've been with great people online and we had a lot of fun. You make it sound like communities have turned into hell on earth in the last year or two.
WEll .. the 0.01% can ruin your day ... particularly if dead threat and other form of aggressive bullying is involved.
I don't take those threats from some kid seriously and I think it's a generation thing. I am old, I know that the net is not real life. If I were to play amateur psychologist I'd say that to younger people the line between real life and the things you do online is blurred, to some so much that there is no line and that is why they overreact the way they do, both as bullies and victims. They simply lack the ability to take a step back and see that It's just a box connected by wires that you can use to talk to others that you know nothing about and vice versa.
You don't .. other may. Cyber bullying is a real problem.
If a letter that concerns you arrived in your mail box in front of your house, would that be any different than an email in your inbox?
A telephone is also 'just a box connected by wires'.
And I really don't think the 'blame the victim' line helps your argument.
Gdemami -
Informing people about your thoughts and impressions is not a review, it's a blog.
I never said it wasn't but is it a problem because the bullie can actually hurt them or is it a problem because actions are given more significance than they should in their own heads? It may wary depending on situation but I bet that it is the latter in a majority of the cases.
I really don't care about letters be they electronic or old fashioned paper unless I have a real reason to fear.
I don't think it is necessarily a bad thing that Sony bans people who issue death threats online.
As a consumer one can accept this policy and buy Sony products or not, which every other consumer has the rights to as well.
I'm for this policy so yes, I will buy Sony products; esp the PS4!
Gdemami -
Informing people about your thoughts and impressions is not a review, it's a blog.
Seriously though. this approach should never be seriously considered by gaming companies, and the fact that so many people think it's a great idea for a gaming company to search through your life outside of their particular gaming world is kind of scary... their jurisdiction should end when you leave their realm. they have no business snooping around anywhere else.
i suppose in theory, it sounds nice. sure, weed out all of the abusive jerks and undesirables...but at what cost of personal freedom? why should a gamer feel the need to look over their shoulder and question if what they said was ok out of fear that they'll be banned from an enjoyable pastime of theirs? this concept is crazy talk. it's a game. they shouldn't be able to look at personal details.
what's next? making players pass a criminal background check before being able to play a freaking game? this whole concept is like the 1984 of the gaming world...and yes these principles reach far beyond this small spectrum of online activity. ...cough NSA cough
Sheep don't think 'outside the box'. They live inside it.
Fact of the matter is that they are not weeding out jerks and people that "troll" others. They are banning people that don't agree with what it is the developers do. Question the developers about their choices in a game get labeled a "troll" by the fanbois and you will find yourself getting suspended or banned.
They have already begun doing this in Planetside 2....
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Somebody, somewhere has better skills as you have, more experience as you have, is smarter than you, has more friends as you do and can stay online longer. Just pray he's not out to get you.
Last I checked, Sony isn't hacking Twitter or your Facebook account.
The gamers themselves have to give authorisation to Sony.
Don't like that, don't buy Sony products.
Difference between this and 1984/NSA is that one is voluntary and one is mandatory.
If you can't see the difference, well, look harder. :P
Gdemami -
Informing people about your thoughts and impressions is not a review, it's a blog.
awww people disagree with you so you are going to try to trivialize their opinion.
please.
I respect and agree that any type of authority over what people post/say can lead to a restriction in freedom.
What you are saying is not thinking outside the box because quite frankly all you are doing is repeating what has been discussed over longer than the web has been in existence.
Or do you think the death of Socrates was for giggles and laughs?
The discussion of restricting what people can say as well as granting freedoms to what they can say is a constant balancing act.
If you give someone too much freedom you are going to get people posting signs in front of other people's lawns in the name of "freedom of expression" or "being able to voice your opinion" no matter how harmful it is to an individual. If you take away someone's freedom to voice their concern for something that the government or some organization is doing then you could get large social issues.
I should not be able to walk up to anyone and start blathering in their face about how ugly they are or stand in the lobby of some media company and decry the fact that their products show nudity or discuss creationism.
There is a reason we have laws and those laws are going to constantly be tested and tried. This is a good thing. The "everything goes" mentality just doesn't work because "certain people" can't keep it in their pants and feel like they have the right to be in everyone's face.
There is a difference between throwing your opinion in someone's face and questioning whether or not an organization or individual should be doing what they are doing.
All this will be tried and tested and re-evaluated along the way.
This is just one small link in a chain that goes back wayyyyyy before any of us were born and will extend well beyond when we are dead (unfortunately).
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So, if I buy a new car, and i talk shyt about it in internet, the company can send an employee to MY house and steal MY car??
Somebody, somewhere has better skills as you have, more experience as you have, is smarter than you, has more friends as you do and can stay online longer. Just pray he's not out to get you.
They can go to court if you violated the contract when you purchased the car.
If you use your telephone to do phone-scams, your telephone provider can (and certain do) revoke that phone.
Gdemami -
Informing people about your thoughts and impressions is not a review, it's a blog.
Somebody, somewhere has better skills as you have, more experience as you have, is smarter than you, has more friends as you do and can stay online longer. Just pray he's not out to get you.
I'm here to tell you they have already began!
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You see, every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You spread to an area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.-Mr.Smith
like what is going on... these companies shouldn't be draconian dictatorships that carry people away in the night to never be seen again for speaking out against those who keep the servers open. i feel like im taking crazy pills over the fact that this seems acceptable to some