No problem.


Additionally - do not go down to the basement. Thats where Judas buried the GOGbears! I CAN HEAR THEM! O____o

Which brings up the question as to why the heck can't GOG staff bypass account restrictions? You know this should probably have been thought about when implementing the system? No reason a GOG staff member shouldn't be able to bypass that.

You guys really need to start thinking about these type of things when you implement features.

1: gog privacy policy / laws surrounding it in various territories.
2: staff could potentially abuse that powr (like on many forums), user gets blamed, maniac with power continues as they were.
3: it was never built in

To goral, you are doing the sjw a favor by attacking GoG.
Keep in mind GoG is a business selling games, not doing politics.
Selling games means they depend on their cutomers and supporters, and media coverage is of utmost importance for them, so they can not afford getting into politic conflicts, because if they did, the repercussions of their actions would take them down.
Have to repeat, by attacking GoG over this matter, you are helping the SJWs, goral.

To GoG, maybe it would be a good idea to do what other forums do in this kind of situation, namely create a "mega-thread" preferably in the off-topic section and dump there all the "new" threads trying to revive this conflict.
This way they wont be able to complain that their threads are being locked or deleted, and both the trolls and their unsuspecting victims can have their fun mud-wrestling there.

Interesting way to phrase that.

Gee, where have I seen that before?
And I gotta agree with this.

Yea I doubt that has anything do with it. Nearly all websites include these type of features for staff accounts that maintain website functionality or administrate the day in and day out which is covered by the privacy policy.

If think your private messages on twitter, Facebook, etc are actually private... they aren't, higher level staff can and do read them. And if you think they couldn't contact you when if you were to block one of their staff members, they most certainly could.

I was an admin for an online game for years, and we did the same. You could block players from sending you personal messages but staff members could always contact you even if you blocked them.

Sure that is true of any site.

And the question is why. It should have been.

huh... and Im known for joking about tinfoil hats, guess the joke died.

Just remember theres a clear line between spam and harrasment in regards to what you're stating. The only official and legal channel for any of these companies is the email you signed up with / current logon email (you know - out there in the free world).

So... lets just let this thread die, yeah?

Not the best term, i admit, but curious, what term would you have used?
Personally i used the term because the OP used it, and i wanted to make myself understood.

It's not really tinfoil hat when, companies like twitter, have even admitted to it. It's impossible to maintain a website and to make sure illegal things aren't talking place without the ability to, for example, check what communications happen across your site when issues arise, etc. Those tools are usually provided to staff or a limited amount of staff for legit purposes.

It's neither spam nor harassment if it is done in a official compacity and for legit purposes related to your job. GOG designs the features here, and designs how they work and function. They didn't have to offer such a feature at all.

Only way I can see this becoming a legal matter is if GOG didn't inform you, but that is a simple matter of updating their privacy policy to say that they make check communications or contact you via personal message for official business. Like I said it's not really uncommon.

Sure. It was a simply question for Chandra, not something that needed to be debated yea?

I would have used a term that actually meant something, not a meaningless catch phrase used to spark a reaction rather than a thought.

Your just as bad as skinheads who run around screaming "Zionist!"
They don't know what it means, and they don't care; they just know it makes them sound smart and gets people riled up. You get people riled up and then you can get them to act without thinking, and thinking is the antithesis of anyone who uses the term "SJW".

Thank you for enlightening me, Elder God SJW, now i see the irony of your posts that contradict themselves with every word.
You here for the trolling, have fun, i wont interfere.

I kinda figured that would be his reaction. :P

let me translate your post:
i insulted him for no reason and he was upset over it, but i kinda figured he would have this reaction.

-or-

4: The Ancient Ones who created the technology implemented such features. However the knowledge of how to use them have been lost in the mists of time. Now the Younger Ones cannot decipher the writings of the Ancient Ones and must work with what they know. Where are you EnigmaticT?!