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[Proposal] Re-check the approved fan-site list, and maintain it better
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scrambled
Doomheim
#1 - 2011-11-02 13:39:50 UTC
Given the recent drama on unbanning kugu dot com, and the reasons brought forth by Sreegs (great PR there, really, an asset to CCP) and the final statement by Navigator that kugu dot com is not a registered fan site (which, in itself makes you sit and scratch your head wondering what on earth the CCP community team is possibly smoking), here's a fun proposal.

A lot of the sites on the "approved" fan site list have articles about botting, in essence promote botting and other forms of cheating, yet are still "approved" fansites. Considering CCP's stand on this matter is apparently "if you promote EULA violations, you're censored", this should be applied to all sites equally.

So a proposal for the CSM to take to CCP: revisit all sites on the approved fansite list. See if they still meet whatever terms were there, and if they are found to promote EULA violating activities, remove them from this approved fansite list, and censor them on the forums. Then repeat this exercise on a monthly basis.

If CCP truly wants to be seen as more open and transparent, this would be a good step. From what's been seen so far, CCP talked the talk, but isn't walking the walk - it'd be kind of sad to see Hilmar's tear-jerking post be just another piece of PR fluff with no actions to back it up.
Venetian Tar
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2011-11-02 18:24:23 UTC
Supported.

I don't hate you, I'm just not necessarily excited about your existance.
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#3 - 2011-11-02 18:40:05 UTC
Supported. Half the sites on it are inactive anyway.
Cyprus Black
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#4 - 2011-11-03 04:43:05 UTC
Sounds like selective censorship to me.

Regardless, though CCP goes by this excuse, I think they're still butthurt about getting called out which, if true, is rather petty.

Watch out, The Mittani. CCP may just ban you too and censor your name for calling them out on their wrong doings.

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scrambled
Doomheim
#5 - 2011-11-03 07:33:01 UTC
Cyprus Black wrote:
Sounds like selective censorship to me.

Regardless, though CCP goes by this excuse, I think they're still butthurt about getting called out which, if true, is rather petty.

Watch out, The Mittani. CCP may just ban you too and censor your name for calling them out on their wrong doings.


The idea is that even if they have an excuse, this excuse should either be gotten rid of, or applied to all sites regardless of whose it is - otherwise, anyone with 2 braincells can see that CCP as an entity is still severely butthurt about the whole Kugu thing.

Considering that if CCP as an entity has stated they wish to be more open and transparent, the current censorship (there is only *one* site that is actively censored) should either be applied to *all* sites that encourage EULA violating activities, or to no sites at all.

It's simple really, this is a relatively small thing, that is not putting undue demands on CCP, it's not asking for the moon, the stars, and the answer to life, the universe, and everything. No, it's just asking that a rule that apparently exists be applied equally. If this is something CCP cannot or will not do, then the whole "oh my we're so incredibly sorry, we'll promise we'll be better" thing is nothing more than a piece of PR fluff that has been thrown up so the playerbase will shut up for a while.

This is CCP's chance to man up and prove beyond a doubt that their statements are true.