#1 - May 26, 2011, 10:45 p.m.
05/26/2011 04:15 PMPosted by FedorahIs there some new policy against posting in DDF? This is getting ridiculous.
Petition posts are frowned upon.
These are discussion forums and, as such, we ask that you hold discussions. Creating a thread to ask for replies as votes is not a discussion. Threads violating this guideline are subject to deletion.
Spamming and Trolling
This category includes:
Excessively communicating the same phrase, similar phrases, or pure gibberish
Creating threads for the sole purpose of causing unrest on the forums
Causing disturbances in forum threads, such as picking fights, making off topic posts that ruin the thread, insulting other posters
Making non-constructive posts
Abusing the Reported Post feature by sending false alarms or nonsensical messages
Numbering a thread, IBTL, TLDR, or any other fad statements
If a player is found to have been spamming or trolling, he/she will:
Be given a temporary or permanent ban from the Battle.net forums, depending upon severity.
There is nothing asinine about them. They are, in fact, very lax rules, and Blizzard gives a lot of leeway in how people are allowed to post. The point behind them is to actually foster a discussion, rather than just a bunch of worthless trash.
Saying /signed in some petition thread doesn't really tell Blizzard anything about what the players are thinking. It also makes for a damn boring read, which is exactly what the DDF has become lately. Too many people whining that something or other is broken and how mad they are about it, but not enough discussion on why something is broken, how something is broken, and how it could be better.