Best Posts in Thread: Suggestion: Make Nonstop Begging in /shout a Kickable Offense.

Suggestion: Kick people that clutter chat with requests for free money!

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Begging is looked down upon by almost everyone on the server. This is an economy server, where the major goal is to be the richest around. Saying this, begging in chat should not be seen as a viable source of income. Yet, people do it. Most players do not, but it only takes one player with a desire for free money and no care for being a nuisance to the people around them in order to see these messages all over /global.

Harassment is considered an offense, correct? If someone repeatedly begs you for money after denying them for a long period of time, is this not harassment? Are they not bothering almost everyone else in chat for money that they could have made themselves?
It is okay if one player is simply asking for a certain amount of money or a loan in order to serve a purpose (such as saving a town or starting a shop), but shamelessly asking for money every 30 seconds just to make money is not what an economy server is about. It is an eyesore to the players reading chat and does not contribute to the economy, unlike advertising one's shop or reminding players to vote, which while also sometimes annoying, is understandable.

I suggest that if someone asks for money more than twice in a 5 minute interval, they should either receive a warning or a kick, upon discretion of the staff member online and history with the player in question. If the player is new or normally does not beg in chat, the player should initially be warned.

tl;dr : Please give us /ignore.

 

I am going to move this past accepted and into completed. The reason being that we do recognized how problematic this is, and we also see the communal frustration against this. However, I think if we make a rule that results in kicks and bans over minor things, that is just as counter productive. We are currently resolving internally an option we can use to deter this while not coming down heavy handed.