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Political flash mob trolls in chat is getting bad

Seriously, it comes in waves, normal people having normal conversions, then 5 people pop in, make some toxic political comments, then 3 others will join in from no where and start arguing. Before you know chat is like matrix scroll of profanity and racism and bickering putting a halt to all normal conversions. I Don't wanna say they are bots, but something is off about how it all just starts, then stops abruptly. It's like a flash mob of trolls. In between the rest of us are left wondering WTF is going on. You can block them, but an hour later a new group of them come in and start the same thing. Yeah I can shut off chat, I know, but it's an MMO why should you have to? Kinda looks like games chat has become the new Twitter?

I've played MMOs since the early 2000's, I've seen some ****, so i know how map and global chats can be, but this is going from bad to worse.

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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,865 Arc User
    Every MMO I've played that allows chat has chat trolls.

    Chat moderation would cost too much, especially for a F2P game.

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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    And this is why... I have Zone Chat turned off most of the time.
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    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 11,441 Community Moderator
    Please don't bring your in-game chat drama to the forum. Thank you. /Thread
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