Fake chat is honestly nothing new in this game. It's been around as long as /echo and being able to change the chat log colors. (Which is to say for the duration of the game.) it's for that reason that SE won't take screenshots as evidence and has an extremely strict no public callouts policy, most of which is copied over to the RPC.
It's why the in-game GMs are the best method for reporting in-game harassment, as they likely have administrative tools to verify public logs of some sort.
I would encourage users to judge a person based on their own experiences than by hearsay, which includes random tells and screenshots. It's always been easy to manipulate information on the internet. FFXIV just packages it up nicely for potentially malicious users.
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Staff-ish part
While we have seen people pushing fake screenshots before, this is the first time we've had a thread detailing how to do it. I would kindly ask that people not abuse the /echo command for smear campaigns or to circulate falsified information.
It's why the in-game GMs are the best method for reporting in-game harassment, as they likely have administrative tools to verify public logs of some sort.
I would encourage users to judge a person based on their own experiences than by hearsay, which includes random tells and screenshots. It's always been easy to manipulate information on the internet. FFXIV just packages it up nicely for potentially malicious users.
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Staff-ish part
While we have seen people pushing fake screenshots before, this is the first time we've had a thread detailing how to do it. I would kindly ask that people not abuse the /echo command for smear campaigns or to circulate falsified information.
