Withc hunting?!

Aladoron·1/11/2019, 12:35:40 AM·1 votes·4,126 views

Hello everyone!

My question would be, is it allowed to start a witch hunt against a player based on his BOARD related behaviour? I know the rules explicitly state that personal attacks and witch hunting is not allowed, but the following part is only game related and not Board related, that's why I ask this question.

So for example is this an acceptable comment? "Also Aladoron is calling me a liar and intentionally downvoting my posts, That's not trying to help me in any way shape or form. And Aladoron is super toxic if you just look at his history on the forums."

Thanks for your help!

4 Comments

ModThe Djinn1/11/2019, 12:52:36 AM4 votes

From the Universal Rules. Specifically, the first sentence about the Naming & Shaming rule:

No personal attacks or witch-hunting, for any reason.

Emphasis mine.

Imperial Pandaa1/11/2019, 1:28:16 PM1 votes

Can you make a board post about it? No, it would clearly break the rules. The only "exception" would be Discuss the Boards to discuss the actions a Moderator (maybe Specialist) has taken [Specialist's have no power but recognition though]. There is a difference between a post going "Djinn is a potato who is abusing his mod authority to enforce the fry initiative." And "I'm not sure about the action Djinn took on this post removal. Could I get more details?"

While both of the prior examples name Djinn in them, only one would be to shame or harass him.


You can also make a positive post about someone. Say we somehow played a match together and I am just doing horribly. Maybe you are being a supportive person and trying to help because I'm tilting. I could come on here and make a post to go "Aladoron was supportive of me dispite how poorly I did. And as such would like to thank them again." You may never see that post (because not everyone uses forums. Just an example), but again, it is a positive naming.


As for your example specifically, it probably depends on how and where that is being said. If I make a while post about, then it is rubbish. If we are actually having a discussion and I say something like:

Aladoron, you call me a liar and I assume are down voting all my posts (not that I care about that part). Without providing any evidence that I am lying and simply saying I am, is not helpful to me or our discussion. Your post history, makes it uncertain if you actually want to discuss anything or if you want to argue just to argue.

Granted, I can't be 100% certain without a mod replying to this comment, my example should not be removed for Naming and Shaming.