So the solution is to get the victims to stop doing something? Stop defending harassment.
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The spit emote has everything to do with it because that is what was being used. So they changed how it works to help put a stop to it. Could it have been any other emote used? Yep. That still doesn't stop it from being harassment. It doesn't matter if it is disruptive to a players game experience it is still harassment.