cormack12
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Picked this up from Mark Kern's twitter - going to be using automated bans
Full article from PCgamesn
Craig Robinson -community dev
I think Mark Kern's thoughts on this are interesting, especially this tweet in the chain which is what I guess newGAF is aiming for. But also about the bowing down of these companies. Unfortunately censorship and draconian measures will be the answer to queelig the outrage mobs. In this case, I think word and speech learning has probably advanced to a level where it will be fairly accurate listening and logging specific words, with each reference probably being vetted by a human for verification. Ultimately if I'm in a crowd of people and one starts throwing toxic insults around I have to listen to them, at least in a game I have the option to mute them. I actually think a better interface for muting users etc. would work as well. Instead of the current afterthoughts. I guess there is a case to protect minors preemptively......
Full article from PCgamesn
“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,” wrote Robinson, who goes by Its_Epi online.
Bans will be handed out for violations of the Rainbow Six Siege Code of Conduct, which specifically reads, “Any language or content deemed illegal, dangerous, threatening, abusive, obscene, vulgar, defamatory, hateful, racist, sexist, ethically offensive or constituting harrassment is forbidden.”
In the game's terms of use, Ubisoft explicitly reserves the right to suspend, ban, or delete user accounts if they violate the Code of Conduct.
"For those of you concerned, don't use racial slurs, homophobic slurs, or tell people to kill themselves and you'll be fine.
"And before anyone says it, no, we really don't care at all about the "context" of the string of slurs you dropped in chat."
He followed up to a comment asking whether a player who uses "my nigga," used in a congratulatory way, should stop now that this new system is being tested, saying that, yes, implying that will be flagged under this new system.
Craig Robinson -community dev
Robinson writes that bans will be handed out in varying durations - two days, seven days, 15 days, and permanent - depending on the severity of the violation.
I think Mark Kern's thoughts on this are interesting, especially this tweet in the chain which is what I guess newGAF is aiming for. But also about the bowing down of these companies. Unfortunately censorship and draconian measures will be the answer to queelig the outrage mobs. In this case, I think word and speech learning has probably advanced to a level where it will be fairly accurate listening and logging specific words, with each reference probably being vetted by a human for verification. Ultimately if I'm in a crowd of people and one starts throwing toxic insults around I have to listen to them, at least in a game I have the option to mute them. I actually think a better interface for muting users etc. would work as well. Instead of the current afterthoughts. I guess there is a case to protect minors preemptively......
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