General Discussion - New 'scam' PM making the rounds - Dev Manifesto Testing - Forum

" Henry_GGG wrote: If we did use stuff like a URL for instance, and some legitimate players mentioned that URL they'd be banned/locked. He said flag, not autoban. Basically an auto-report function when certain things are sent through PM. " Henry_GGG wrote: Also, we can't see PM's on other accounts ;) Not easily. Last edited by Xendran#1127 on May 19, 2013, 12:32:52 PM	Posted by Xendran#1127 on May 19, 2013, 12:32:02 PM Quote this Post
" Xendran wrote: " Henry_GGG wrote: If we did use stuff like a URL for instance, and some legitimate players mentioned that URL they'd be banned/locked. He said flag, not autoban. Basically an auto-report function when certain things are sent through PM. " Henry_GGG wrote: Also, we can't see PM's on other accounts ;) Not easily. Both points are correct, my apologies :)	Posted by Deleted on May 19, 2013, 12:33:21 PM Grinding Gear Games
" Henry_GGG wrote: " Shagsbeard wrote: Ok... not a programer or anything, but couldn't you flag a certain line of text that would alert support if someone used it in a PM? IMHO, no. We can't predict what they are going to use. If we did use stuff like a URL for instance, and some legitimate players mentioned that URL they'd be banned/locked. Also, we can't see PM's on other accounts ;) I didn't mean an auto ban... I just said alert support. They could use it after a PM like this started being used, so they could act quickly once they knew what the PM said.	Posted by Shagsbeard#3964 on May 19, 2013, 12:33:25 PM Quote this Post
" Shagsbeard wrote: " Henry_GGG wrote: " Shagsbeard wrote: Ok... not a programer or anything, but couldn't you flag a certain line of text that would alert support if someone used it in a PM? IMHO, no. We can't predict what they are going to use. If we did use stuff like a URL for instance, and some legitimate players mentioned that URL they'd be banned/locked. Also, we can't see PM's on other accounts ;) I didn't mean an auto ban... I just said alert support. They could use it after a PM like this started being used, so they could act quickly once they knew what the PM said. Yeah I read that wrong sorry, it would definitely be a good system if we had easy access to PM's, but we do not. A 'report' button on PM's would be a nice way of alerting us to the problem quicker.	Posted by Deleted on May 19, 2013, 12:34:30 PM Grinding Gear Games
An autoflag system would be a bit risky anyway (Unless it was strictly urls that are known to be malicious), because if anybody at GGG starts poking around a bit too much it would be a PR nightmare. Last edited by Xendran#1127 on May 19, 2013, 12:35:58 PM	Posted by Xendran#1127 on May 19, 2013, 12:35:31 PM Quote this Post
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Well... PR nightmare... you're using their software on their servers, it's not like it's email client. I would never put anything through here that I wouldnt on a public blog. And I'd rather GGG employees violate my PM privacy if it means cutting off these scams faster.	Posted by DeathDiciple#3026 on May 19, 2013, 12:40:47 PM Quote this Post
I never said the PR nightmare would be deserved, just that it would happen. That's how humans are.	Posted by Xendran#1127 on May 19, 2013, 12:49:58 PM Quote this Post
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Thanks for keeping the playerbase informed. Free bump.	Posted by kasub#2910 on May 19, 2013, 1:24:06 PM Quote this Post