Harassment, especially in online video game environments, has caused World of Warcraft (WoW) to repeatedly ask its users to accept the anti-harassment policies of the platform to be able to access and play.
In this sense one of the latest updates of the popular online game incorporated a “social contract” in which the developers remember that WoW is a title that is played by thousands of people from all over the world, so it is common for a mixture of different cultures to occur.
“Azeroth is a living world filled with people just like you, other players with different backgrounds, cultures, experiences and histories who have come together to play World of Warcraft. All gamers deserve to have a world they feel safe in, so please take a minute to read our social contract,” reads the in-game text.
In the text they invite all players to make new friends as they progress through the game, while behaving appropriately and helping the community grow and improve. Remember that among the behaviors that are not allowed in Wow are incitement to hatred, spam, harassment and abusive language against other people within the game.
It should be noted that in order to continue playing it is essential that the player has read the contract and expresses his/her willingness to abide by the rules for as long as you are online.
This contract is a subtle way for WoW makers to remind players that there are rules within the game that must be fulfilled and that otherwise they are exposed to being banned from the platform.
Virtual harassment
The position taken by the developers of Wow comes shortly after a user of a reality environment virtual developed by Meta reported that his avatar was harassed while interacting with other players.
E This situation was addressed by the company, which assured that it would investigate the incident and implement measures to prevent this type of situation from happening again in the future.
However, events like this show that the culture of harassment is a real problem that is not limited only to social networks and that it can easily be transferred to other online environments such as video games.
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