Should the community or the company decide what is acceptable speech in game?

[Krimzin]

A person is smart, but people are stupid. Letting a community decide would be a complete shitshow.

[Mysterymask]

ill also add that user have A LOT of control over the content they see. Blizzard has done a lot to improve the report and block functions. People need to remember they should block first, then report if the behavior continues. The first reaction should never be to run to mommy and daddy.

and that is completely true but Blizzard is absolutely a buisness first and a publicly traded one. A few screenshots of org looking like 4chan can make a LOT of problems such as the age rating shooting up (means nothing in the US but in other countries could be a death sentence). Shareholders ditching the company and value dropping and dropping HARD. So no Blizz has many a reason to keep it MOSTLY sanitary.

[Woggmer]

Really the important question isn't asking "Who?" (Because even the community can't trust itself of what's acceptable and what isn't, it's easier for Blizz to set those parameters). The main issue is "How and what?" What is acceptable speech, should the phrase 'Git Gud' be banned? What kind of punishment should someone get for saying a phrase like that?

[BossManRoth]

and that is completely true but Blizzard is absolutely a buisness first and a publicly traded one. A few screenshots of org looking like 4chan can make a LOT of problems such as the age rating shooting up (means nothing in the US but in other countries could be a death sentence). Shareholders ditching the company and value dropping and dropping HARD. So no Blizz has many a reason to keep it MOSTLY sanitary.

ESRB doesnt rate online interactions. But yeah, shareholders