[Suggestion] Harassment Rules

+1

 

I'm not really quite sure why you would think this is okay under the current rules. It most certainly isn't, and shouldn't need to be explicitly mentioned.

This specific suggestion goes against what I'd like to do with the rules - I would like to make them simpler, with less specific clauses - and this goes in the opposite direction of that.

 

people can say "kill yourself" or "kys" in chat and all they would get is a verbal warning. It should be treated more harshly, imo. Adding it to the rules doesn't seem like a good idea, because it would only complicate our already stupidly complicated ruleset, but adding it to staff's punishment guidelines should suffice. (given staff actually follows said guidelines)

 

-1, I see no problem with the current rules. Death threats already fall under the harassment clause and are punished if said.

 

No need for a insta ban for saying this.

 

They still deserve a warning. In the end it's just a chat message. There is also a /ignore command. I certainly don't tell people to kill themselves and I'm certainly not saying to let them off doing nothing but I don't like insta bans for chat messages.

Edit: in your thread you keep saying that the staff views death threats as ok. They are clearly not viewed as ok.

 

One kill ur self isn't cyber bullying it's rude and deserves a warning. Multiple kys with curse words is cyber bullying perhaps and deserves a ban.

 

+1 United's a cool guy

 

Fun fact: If you tell someone to kill themselves it’s considered encouraging suicide (a felony), and you can get a fine and prison time, and if they actually commit suicide then you can also be charged with involuntary manslaughter. (which can lead up to 7 years in prison in the US.)

But it's just rude and just deserves a warning on ECC, right? No big deal.

Sources for the curious:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_legislation#Canada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_legislation#United_States

 

Holy crap kuke dropping the points harder than Hiroshima

 

You can only be charged with involuntary manslaughter of you tell someone to kill themselves while knowing they are likely to commit subside and with the intent of making them do it. And this is only in some states. And this is only if they do commit suicide. Telling an anonymous stranger kys on a Minecraft server isn't going to do anything sorry.

 

I wouldn't say an instaban is something we should have, I'd rather see a warn OR kick then ban.

 

MISSING THE POINT.

The point I'm trying to make is that telling someone to kill themselves can have real consequences. It's completely irrelevant if you joke or not. And that the criminal laws in the United States and Canada back this.

Just because you don't think someone being a [Mod-Edit] on the internet can have real life consequences doesn't mean it won't actually have real life consequences. Don't be ignorant. To some people a single word can already push them over the edge.

 

The intent does matter, intentionally causing suicide is different from being a [Mod-Edit] on the Internet despite how horrifying the result of both may be.

Would I tell someone to kill themselves
Absolutely not
Is this a horrible thing to do
Absolutely
Am I for stricter chat rules
Absolutely not,