Microsoft Receives Backlash Over Minecraft Moderation Changes - Minecraft fans push back against Microsoft after the latest release candidate implements moderation report measures seen as overbearing.

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Ever since Minecraft's release, fans have set up servers to allow for multiplayer in the game. However, a recent update is causing concern among server moderators and players alike, as Microsoft is moving to implement its own moderation on top of the already-existing tools provided to server owners.

For several years now, Minecraft has been split into two versions. The Java Edition allows for more freedom with modding and server hosting, while the Bedrock edition allows cross-platform multiplayer, implements microtransactions, and gives its server owners less freedom.

An update note posted on the Minecraft official subreddit outlines changes to in-game chat moderation for version 1.19.1 of the Java Edition. The full release is planned for Tuesday, June 28, and the Release Candidate acts as a kind of beta version. The details outline plans to update chat reporting guidelines to better describe issues reported, but fans quickly began to point out the vagueness of the categories and how the system could be abused in order to have some innocent players banned.

The problem with chat reporting to Microsoft is the ease at which players could abuse it; spamming Microsoft's moderation team with false accusations would be trivial, and the vagueness of the reporting feature's options could lead to unjustified bans. Some players are also concerned that the amount of context taken from the chat to send in a report could be a breach of privacy. In either case, the steps taken to clean up player chat activity are especially strange given that Minecraft servers generally have their own community-appointed moderators.

Microsoft trying to implement such strict control is jarring considering how much of a community-driven game Minecraft is. Each individual aspect of the game from building to combat have, over the years, been reworked into fun minigames on servers Microsoft and Mojang have no connection to. On top of the base game, the wealth of mods available for Java Edition is a major reason why so many players prefer it over the Bedrock Edition. Taking back control from the community's text chat is small in comparison to the other reasons Minecraft is so popular, but nonetheless goes against a major foundation of its self-moderated community.

Microsoft pushing forward with the changes despite overwhelming community backlash is concerning for Minecraft. Some players are so concerned over Microsoft's changes that there is already a mod to remove chat reporting on the client side by removing the cryptographic signatures attached to chat messages.
 
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Microsoft trying to implement such strict control is jarring
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Really? Is it really so "jarring" that a company which released Windows 10, that with each new update removes the changes you had made to it, is also trying to implement strict control?
 
People clamor for safe spaces, then cry out in pain when they realize the cops have heavy hands and don't fucking care.

SSF2T Old User said:
Really? Is it really so "jarring" that a company which released Windows 10, that with each new update removes the changes you had made to it, is also trying to implement strict control?
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People (especially gaymers) routinely vote EA as the worst company in the USA. Completely neglecting shit like Bank of America, Wells Fargo, or any other super-conglomerate that does more damage than a stupid entertainment company.
 
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Just wish they would stop using "mod" to mean both moderator and modification. So confusing!
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Modification can stay as Mod and Moderator can just become Jannie/Janitor or Custodian. That would make everyone happy wouldn't it?
 
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If Notch still owned the game this wouldn't even have been proposed. Can't blame him for wanting to become a billionaire, but the game was more focused and much better when he was still in charge.
Persson has received criticism for political and social opinions he has expressed on Twitter, such as referring to feminism as a "social disease" and claiming that most feminists are "overtly sexist against men".[50][51] In June 2017, Persson faced criticism for referring to video game developer Zoë Quinn as a "cunt".[50] Later in June 2017, he tweeted in support of a heterosexual pride day, calling opponents to the idea "cunts" and stating that they "deserve to be shot".[51][52] After facing backlash, he deleted the tweets and rescinded his statements, writing "So yeah, it's about pride of daring to express, not about pride of being who you are. I get it now."[53] In November 2017, Persson was criticized for posting a tweet that read "It's okay to be white."[54] In follow-up tweets, he said he believed privilege is a "made up metric".[55]

Persson has also faced criticism for tweeting in support of QAnon, stating that "Q is legit. Don't trust the media." Persson has also made comments perceived as transphobic.[56]

In March 2019 Minecraft update removed all mentions of Persson from the game's menu, though his name is still in the credits.[57] Microsoft did not explain this action, but its timing led multiple news outlets to conclude it was related to the controversies associated with him.[57][58] Persson was not invited to the game's tenth anniversary event later that year, with Microsoft saying that his views "do not reflect those of Microsoft or Mojang".[8][59] Microsoft then dissociated from Persson due to his controversial comments on his Twitter account.[8]
 
quaawaa said:
If Notch still owned the game this wouldn't even have been proposed. Can't blame him for wanting to become a billionaire, but the game was more focused and much better when he was still in charge.
Persson has received criticism for political and social opinions he has expressed on Twitter, such as referring to feminism as a "social disease" and claiming that most feminists are "overtly sexist against men".[50][51] In June 2017, Persson faced criticism for referring to video game developer Zoë Quinn as a "cunt".[50] Later in June 2017, he tweeted in support of a heterosexual pride day, calling opponents to the idea "cunts" and stating that they "deserve to be shot".[51][52] After facing backlash, he deleted the tweets and rescinded his statements, writing "So yeah, it's about pride of daring to express, not about pride of being who you are. I get it now."[53] In November 2017, Persson was criticized for posting a tweet that read "It's okay to be white."[54] In follow-up tweets, he said he believed privilege is a "made up metric".[55]

Persson has also faced criticism for tweeting in support of QAnon, stating that "Q is legit. Don't trust the media." Persson has also made comments perceived as transphobic.[56]

In March 2019 Minecraft update removed all mentions of Persson from the game's menu, though his name is still in the credits.[57] Microsoft did not explain this action, but its timing led multiple news outlets to conclude it was related to the controversies associated with him.[57][58] Persson was not invited to the game's tenth anniversary event later that year, with Microsoft saying that his views "do not reflect those of Microsoft or Mojang".[8][59] Microsoft then dissociated from Persson due to his controversial comments on his Twitter account.[8]
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Reminder that Notch willingly gave up Minecraft and wanted nothing to do with it because he never expected to get "that big" from a video game he himself said he put "little to no effort in".
 
Seems like something to reassure their corporate crossover clients like Disneyland Minecraft, rather than an insane offer to moderate every single server running the game.

We won't be able to throw blocky icecreams at Minecraft Mickey Mouse without getting permabanned, that sort of thing.
 
quaawaa said:
If Notch still owned the game this wouldn't even have been proposed. Can't blame him for wanting to become a billionaire, but the game was more focused and much better when he was still in charge.
Persson has received criticism for political and social opinions he has expressed on Twitter, such as referring to feminism as a "social disease" and claiming that most feminists are "overtly sexist against men".[50][51] In June 2017, Persson faced criticism for referring to video game developer Zoë Quinn as a "cunt".[50] Later in June 2017, he tweeted in support of a heterosexual pride day, calling opponents to the idea "cunts" and stating that they "deserve to be shot".[51][52] After facing backlash, he deleted the tweets and rescinded his statements, writing "So yeah, it's about pride of daring to express, not about pride of being who you are. I get it now."[53] In November 2017, Persson was criticized for posting a tweet that read "It's okay to be white."[54] In follow-up tweets, he said he believed privilege is a "made up metric".[55]

Persson has also faced criticism for tweeting in support of QAnon, stating that "Q is legit. Don't trust the media." Persson has also made comments perceived as transphobic.[56]

In March 2019 Minecraft update removed all mentions of Persson from the game's menu, though his name is still in the credits.[57] Microsoft did not explain this action, but its timing led multiple news outlets to conclude it was related to the controversies associated with him.[57][58] Persson was not invited to the game's tenth anniversary event later that year, with Microsoft saying that his views "do not reflect those of Microsoft or Mojang".[8][59] Microsoft then dissociated from Persson due to his controversial comments on his Twitter account.[8]
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Ok but saying that Heteros should show their "pride" doesn't make that any less of a faggy statement than if you were a real fag saying the same thing.
 
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People (especially gaymers) routinely vote EA as the worst company in the USA. Completely neglecting shit like Bank of America, Wells Fargo, or any other super-conglomerate that does more damage than a stupid entertainment company.
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And then buy their fucking games anyway. Never underestimate the retardation of the neighbor cattle.
 
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Reminder that Notch willingly gave up Minecraft and wanted nothing to do with it because he never expected to get "that big" from a video game he himself said he put "little to no effort in".
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Notch has a Beverly Hills mansion with endlessly-restocked candy dispensers and multiple bars. He won the game.

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