@Ganymede said in Emotional separation from fictional content:
The issue isn't whether a transgression is significant or not. That depends on the complainant. Failure to file a complaint means that staff may not notice what's going on. It's important to put in a complaint. I'd make this very clear. If something bugs you, report it. I don't give a shit how small it is.
A question we need to look at though is... are such things getting reported or do those who could, or should, simply take their losses and stop logging on instead? Whatever the cause may be - insecurity, staff in general being perceived as not being sympathetic, not knowing if you won't be judged or told you're too sensitive... whatever it is, my concern is it might be taking a toll. And that maybe making it as easy as typing "+complain Arkandel" knowing no one will ask any questions right at first unless there are more similar complaints might at least help get some feedback.
I agree with you if something bugs players even slightly they should report it. But staff (in general) have often been terrible about handling these things, requiring too much evidence before they do a thing, or not thinking what your problem is is enough or... whatever. So people stop saying anything. This needs to stop.
Sidenote: no one is fucking interested in your sex-related rant by page, and that to me is something I would report. Because that's how Rex/Sovereign and other "predators" get started. (I put that in quotations because he's the sort of stupid predator that gets shot apart real fast.)
Those kinds of players are actually the ones I was hoping to catch early. Sure, this particular guy playing the numbers by paging every female around was too overt and got dealt with but others might do it slightly more subtly, and they're not as easy.
@Coin said in Emotional separation from fictional content:
But if you page me, I ask you to stop, and you keep going, I will tell staff if I can't handle you on my own.
Sure, but what if you ask me to stop and I did so, but it still bugged you? Again, what I'm trying to do here is crowdsource detection of those 'under the radar' creeps. The others are already hopefully being reported.