Guild Wars 2

Could we have a 1 click report/block button in the report dialog for this? Minor but would make it way more convenient.

I dunno, since gold sellers operate using a lot of messaging to as many people as possible, often repeating the exact same message very frequently, you might wish somebody could invent some sort of electronic device that can be used to detect repeating patterns automatically.

especially ones that contain the same URL, but yes, block/report as one action please

Tiny Tove.3589:

I dunno, since gold sellers operate using a lot of messaging to as many people as possible, often repeating the exact same message very frequently, you might wish somebody could invent some sort of electronic device that can be used to detect repeating patterns automatically.

First, the game already suppresses messages with the same text and (eventually) from the same account.

Second, automated detection systems that block in-game spam aren’t feasible; even Google has to keep updating their heuristics to filter out spam without blocking legit mail. Suppose ANet filters messages that include blahblahbank.com. The gold seller than modifies it to BlahBlahBank.com, which ANet adds to the filter. The gold seller responds with “blah blah blah bank dot com (no spaces, replace the dot with a .)” and ANet adds that (plus anticipates the case sensitivity). The gold seller then buys a new domain (at no cost) and the whole things starts again. It’s trivial for the gold seller to stay one step ahead.

It’s actually better for ANet to allow the spam because (a) they can secretly detect and track gold selling accounts and (b) the current suppression filters work fine to prevent chat clutter, while giving people the opportunity to /block and /report.