Anthony

I was aware of this, however it doesn't happen often, and if it does, there are 'block' buttons for this very reason. That's just in my personal experience within the team.

Sounds just like the circle we saw time and time again where we were 'told' to focus more on the report system when it got overwhelmed, rather than focusing on the cause. To me, the answer is simple and it's to do with the behind the scenes activity requirements of a Game Moderator. If something like this happens, I would love to come back to the team. The main reason for me leaving was due to the lack of change on focusing on the 'Game' aspect of 'Game Moderation'. Additionally, the 'anonymity' aspect of this update creates more of a divide between Player & Moderator, rather than having someone visibly responsible who is in a position of power within the game. Moderators within the game are like the 'Police' and with that, they shouldn't hide behind false walls. You want to build a better community? Allow the Players to Communicate to a Name, not a 'User'. Many times in my work I have had people thank me for helping them understand their wrongdoing and then I see them in game and they say hello and such, this has happened many times and has helped develop bridges between the Community and Moderators to show we just aren't power hungry people. When I was in the team, there was not one time I needed to report someone to my Management for being abusive or to a point where I needed to block them from contacting me, maybe that was cause I banned fairly and looked at the greater picture? But from what I hear within the team, this isn't a common occurrence so I am unsure why this update was completed, or the reasoning behind it is false and they have future plans. Also, ban evidence? If I am banned in game and request the evidence in an appeal, I'll know exactly who banned me due to the Medal/YouTube/Twitch account associated with the Moderator. Hopefully this will be a step in the direction that's needed within the Moderation Team, however, the changes need to happen sooner rather than later.

It seems this could be the start of something I was passionate about when I was in the team yet it felt like Management never had any ‘passion’ about changing it theirselves. Limiting web reports? Seems like a cowards way out to be quite honest and won’t change the toxic ‘rec ban’ culture in the slightest. There is only one thing that will change the culture and allow Moderators to focus more on in game rule violations, however I cannot discuss that here. Let’s just say it’s to do with the activity requirements of a Moderator. Who knows what the future has in store for the Moderation aspect of TruckersMP, but I hope the decisions behind it aren’t made by the people within Management that never log into the game to actually see the reality of what many players experience day in and out.