IMPORTANT: Update on rules concerning predatory behavior

does this include memes like "send nudes" when clearly done with a joking intent (or similar instances)?

 

• Any other behavior that is illegal. In this case, law enforcement will be contacted.

I've seen this brought up before but I never fully understood the context of it. I get that you call the police, but how is it possible to get in contact with them to track a certain user? Using IP information can only get you so far, and sometimes isn't even in the right county, this is especially true if they live in another country or are using a VPN/Proxy. Just curious the path that's usually took with this.

 

What happens if a guy and a girl are friends. No intention to do anything bad, and they ask for each others snap or insta.

 

i'm sorry, I meant in /msg, /fr or /p chat. i'm pretty confused, where do you draw the line?

 

that's fair, but I do have one more issue regarding this policy now that I read it again.

so, basically, the way I (and other people) interprete this is that staff members can just agree to blacklist someone while marking them as a "threat to the community". there doesn't need to be a reason, you just need to be "seen as a threat" by the admins and you can be blacklisted.

please know that my intentions are not to be problematic or nitpicking with this comment, but do you understand the vagueness of the comment and what that one line really means? I find it rather worrying that this vague line is squished among this already vague enough thread, very easy to miss. am I getting the intentions wrong? and if not, im not here to argue with the decision either, but is this what you want for the server?

 

I agree with Jerome. Could you clarify this a little more? When are people considered a threat to the community?

 

Well, a few main examples of clear threats to the community are child predators, pedophiles, nonces etc etc, asking young children for nude pictures of themselves. But, this is obvious.

I think it starts to get to a point in which people are classed as threats by the way they use chat, i.e again, messaging young kids on the server, asking them to send them pictures of this and that. It already is concerning when people say stuff like "do you have any feet pics I could have?" in chat, etc etc, even if it is 'trolling'. I don't see any enjoyment out of that. I literally ran into someone saying this stuff today in fact, on Creative.

But personally, a clear indication of someone being classed as a threat is by trying to manipulate children and miners, pressuring them into things they feel uncomfortable doing, another example being asking them for underage nude pictures.

With what Jerome said, I think you're going a bit too far-fetched with the idea of just being blacklisted like that. I do see actual, serious conversations about either they will blacklist someone or not, as it is a pretty big deal when someone is blacklisted. As always, even if they are blacklisted just because 'staff think you're a threat to the community', as with any ban, they're able to appeal it if they so desire.

 

I was hoping stricter rules such as these would come to fruition during my tenure as staff, sadly I had resigned before then but am very glad that these are in place now. A Minecraft server is not the place to send inappropriate pictures

 

I just hope James Charles doesn’t play on this server...