WoW Community Discord Program Faces Backlash For Requiring Users To Not Disparage Blizzard
An official and newly announced World of Warcraft community Discord program has faced swift backlash from fans over parts of its member agreement. The agreement requires users agree to not make negative statements about developer Blizzard. In addition, Discord servers participating in the program would be required to install tracking software, which Blizzard would be granted access to.
On paper, the community Discord program, which initially was only for European Discord communities, seemed like a no-brainer. By agreeing to the program member agreement, community Discords would receive various perks, including occasional developer Q&As and more official means to feedback to Blizzard to help make WoW a better experience.
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However, once potential Discord managers started reading the fine print, it became clear that joining the program would come with some serious downsides. Users would have to agree to a non-disparagement clause where members of the community would be banned from making «any disparaging or negative statements or representations, written or oral, about Blizzard…or Blizzard's products or servers, except as otherwise permitted by law.» Community Discord managers were also alarmed by a requirement that Discord's joining the program would have to maintain tracking software «and grant Blizzard permissions (as instructed by Blizzard from time to time) to such software.»
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