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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy E Grenemyer" data-source="post: 2566421" data-attributes="member: 12388">No, the ignore feature is something relatively new to the WotC forums.And even if an ignore feature existed since the forums were made available to the public, that still wouldn’t change the fact that it wasn’t the novel authors responsibility to “shrug off” the BS that was thrown at them and the products they helped to create. This assumes the authors did band together.  We still don’t know the truth of that.Could you explain why you think it was the author’s problem to deal with and not Wizards of the Coast’ problem?As for simply banning people outright:  Keep in mind WotCs ostensible responsibility to be fair and even handed with official warnings and banning people.  Sure you’ll get lots of people saying, “It’s their website, they can do with it what they want.”  And this is true.  But on the other hand WotC is hosting a website for teens and almost teens to interact.  All it takes is one disgruntled kid telling his parents he was ‘abused’ by some employee on some corporation’s (read: Hasbro’s) website for things to go south real fast.  Plus, WotC is a corporation.  You don’t just go changing your procedures willy nilly, especially for those elements of your business that deal directly with the public (and that public’s children).Again, Razz, please realize that the problems on the novel forums didn’t suddenly become an issue just because some novel authors (allegedly) decided they were an issue.  The basic problems on the novel forums were know by the WizOs after awhile (even if they didn’t seem to grasp them fully), and ere known by the fans on the forums almost from the beginning.I don’t doubt that the higher ups (beyond boss WizO Melanie) knew on some level what was going on too.We’ll have to agree to disagree.If the speculation that the authors did take matters into their own hands is true, then that’s not childish at all.  At least someone with some real influence finally said, “This is wrong, and it needs to stop.”  Besides, they had a right to expect that they (and their work) be treated just as civilly as anyone else.It’s this “shut up and take it” approach that’s the problem.  Always has been.</blockquote>

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