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So you're saying instead of disabling the tool that allows these obnoxious people abuse, lets fix their attitude and personality? That is by far way harder to control than to fix the underlying problem. It might be counter productive due to the declining playerbase but it will populate britain more.

I'm not suggesting that bad attitudes can be fixed, but that's the actual problem we need to address. I'm saying your solution is not addressing the actual underlying problem, which is the attitude of these people. Like I said, chat is just a tool and disabling it completely or having if off by default is not addressing the actual problem. I'm sure that we can come up with a better solution that'll do both, keep the unwanted negative comments out of public eye and for new players to have a communication channel which they can use to ask questions when needed. This is just a suggestion and I'm not claiming it is the ultimate solution, I'm simply trying to brainstorm for a better solution.

Maybe make it so that you can only have automatic access to the chat as long as you have your young player status active. Other than that, staff could grant some helpful players access to it so they can advice the new players. This should reduce the negativity new players see in the chat, there'd be helpful players offering advice to new players and I know IN is constantly looking for capable staff members to fill their ranks for one reason or other. This could even serve as a first step of staff recruitment. Generally helpful and well-mannered players are the best staff material too. This shouldn't be an argument. It should be a debate about what would be the best solution and what would benefit this shard the most. It's a call for reason.