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No one should have to “grow a thicker skin”: Valorant studio commit to harsh penalties for harassment (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Potatos_are_not_friends to c/[email protected]

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[–] Theharpyeagle 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Moderators will never be able to fully eliminate this problem because it is an inherent part of the behavior of a subset of humanity and humans are involved in the activities where this harassment takes place

I'm not suggesting they can, I don't think anyone is.

If you expect every person you meet, online or in person, to respect the rules you are going to be disappointed

I don't, but I expect if someone starts yelling rape threats at a restaurant that they'll be kicked out, rather than the waiter saying "well why didn't you just move to another table?" The rules are there for a reason, there should be consequences if they are broken.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I think both of you are in more agreement than opposition.

[–] krashmo 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I understand the comparison but you can't exactly mute people with minimal effort in real life. Additionally, the threat of rape in person is significantly different than anonymously online from a legal perspective because the person making the threat knows who and where the target is at the moment the threat is made.

At a high level I don't disagree with most of what you're saying. The point I'm making is that there's a pretty large gap between "something should be done about online harassment" and "this is our plan for stopping online harassment". Most calls for action appeal to the first without much concern for the second, and the solution is the difficult part, not identifying the problem.

[–] Theharpyeagle 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm confused, isn't the article talking about the solution?

[–] krashmo 0 points 5 months ago

It does talk about some steps they're taking right at the beginning. I missed those initially because on mobile it looks like an ad before the actual article starts so I skimmed over it.