Opportunity cost of excessive censorship in game

[Ragequitter]

None of what Supercell is doing as described above is "censorship".

Private entities have a right to enforce and encourage community standards and/or discourage trolling.

Seems to describe the main reason why we don't have these features:
"Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet or other controlling body"

Also, when did I ever say Supercell doesn't have the right to do it? That's not what this is about.

[Ragequitter]

Clash of Clans is not a social network.

It's a game.

This is a logical fallacy and you've obviously never played any of the games that have these features then.

[chajado67]

Seems to describe the main reason why we don't have these features:
"Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet or other controlling body"

Also, when did I ever say Supercell doesn't have the right to do it? That's not what this is about.

Supercell is none of those things...ie..it is not censorship.

Private entities have the right to do what they can to maintain their private standards.

[DarkWizard]

Supercell is none of those things...ie..it is not censorship.

Private entities have the right to do what they can to maintain their private standards.

This thread isn't about the discussion of Supercell's rights....lol. He's pointing out some of the flaws in their choice.

[PhilISuppose]

My issue is simply that they do such a bad job of it...

Anyone should be able to write a censor that can let people type

I need a good clan

without identifying:

dago

as offensive

[Woski]

Clash of Clans is not a social network.

It's a game.

Are you so sure? Many people would have quit long ago if it were not for the social aspect.

[chajado67]

This thread isn't about the discussion of Supercell's rights....lol. He's pointing out some of the flaws in their choice.

That's fine...just don't call it censorship...that is loaded word and not accurate.

There is a forum for suggestions if that is what the OP is aiming for.

[Ragequitter]

Only one or two of your things are REALLY related to supercell censorship. I don't see an immediate need for most of these things, and can easily see how some of them could be abused. (Like rejection message.)

Send players a rejection message when they try to join clan- You really can't imagine badness coming

As I said in my earlier post:

Exactly. If you wanted to be really mean you could accept them, then say something really nasty to them, then boot them! That would be worse.

• Browse different globals / clans / chat channels- Too much strain on servers
• Add detailed clan description- Too much space on servers/cause strain

They make millions, I'm sure they can handle some server requests and plain text.

[PerezHilton]

Are you so sure? Many people would have quit long ago if it were not for the social aspect.

Social aspect it's not the same of social network.

Some people pretend converting COC into a social network.

[Kirky]

Its not censorship. Players have an element of privacy/anonymity? This is different to censorship. However, this isn't really the point.

I generally like OP's ideas. Clan description, different chat options both seem good, as does the in game friend list and the advanced clan search.

i'd be a little concerned about the PM's and player search. These can be done but protection/privacy measures need to be in place before anything like this is done.