That’s the problem I see with this and the way I’m understanding it’s auto detected and vague. Are people gonna catch a ban for saying “fucking bullshit” or “son of a bitch”.
People are getting too hung up on the racial/homophobic/sexual slurs and just skipping the vague list of idk what they can auto detect and ban you for.
I couldn’t care less about saying slurs and attacking people. I just wanna know how far it’s gonna go, and if I can say “fuck this bitch ass game” if it pisses me off
I see nothing about this being an auto detect system, nothing they said shows they are going to extend it to something where swear general swear words are used and they made it clear that it's used to identify and punish players who are going out of their way to create toxic and hateful environments.
Worrying about slippery slopes is pretty silly when they are being rather clear what their goals are and the type fo speech that will be focused on. There is already a report system in many games and there are rather strict punishments for overusing it or simply creating false reports.
A good example of an actual auto detect system (which again, Ubi is not implementing) is Rocket League which has a system with a simple list of around 20 words that, depending on the severity and frequency of use, will cause an auto-ban to go off based on the frequency and word(s) used. Of course, this actually requires the person to write out the words, which is a bit of an added layer for producing hate speech because you can't just walk back saying something out of passion of the short moment, you have to type it out and use it repeatedly (or just once if it's one of the top words).
But, back to R6, the reddit post made it clear what this update is desgiend for,
Starting next week, we will be implementing an improvement on the system we have been using to ban players that use racial and homophobic slurs, or hate speech, in game. The bans for this will fall within the following durations, depending on severity:
Again, this is pretty straightforward stuff, so the slippery slope argument doesn't really work when they are going out of their way to define what they are specifically looking for.
In fact, someone even asked your very concern(s) in that thread,
Does this include vulgar language even when positive?
Like a teammate clutches a round and you tell him “good fucking shit dude” cause apparently I have the mouth of a sailor.
Community representative response,
That isn't what we're looking to crack down on, as that isn't toxic or even negative language. We're really focusing on slurs, homophobic language, and similarly offensive toxicity.
Another question that is specifically what you mentioned
Can I get banned for saying something like "Oh that's fucking stupid" Or only "You are fucking stupid"? We should be allowed to cuss as long as it's not toward another player and not a homophobic or racial slur for either.
Response,
I mentioned this above, but we understand that it is a competitive game and there will be some degree of trash talking/"swear words" used. We are expecting people not to take it too far with slurs and hate speech.
Nothing is vague and they have made explicit what they are going to target for bannable offenses. This last part isn't a specific dig at you, but other people in the thread used the slippery slope argument and it's clear they didn't actually read anything.