Sunday, January 26, 2014

Time To Take The Battle To The Trolls

Internet trolling is probably one of the favorite pastimes of jobless people who are out to disrupt other people’s fun. Xbox Live is well known for its own dynamic brand of trolls, out to spoil the mood for the rest of the gamers with their antics. In an attempt to fight back, Microsoft is opting to implement new ways of getting the inline community rid of these pesky annoyances. At the start of the month, Microsoft announced the beta release of their new system labeled Xbox Enforcement United. This revolutionary system allows gamers to flag trolls as inappropriate and alert the Microsoft’s Xbox Live Policy and Enforcement Team to take action against such disturbances.
In a Xbox blog Microsoft stated, “Members who join the Enforcement United beta will participate by providing their opinions on whether particular content, initially Gamertags, violate the Xbox Live Code of Conduct.” This is a huge development in the gaming industry, and sure to make a huge impact to prevent trolls from becoming buzz killers. Microsoft also added that, “These decisions from participants feed into an algorithm our team developed. That algorithm takes several factors into account like how many participants believe there had been a violation and how reliably those individual members’ historical decisions aligned with the general consensus. The system can then determine whether or not to apply an enforcement action, like requiring a Gamertag change, or if the complaint should be escalated for one of our enforcers to review more closely.”
This attempt to remove the ever growing and pesky trolling community of such online interactive forums has been praised by many especially serious gamers who wish to enjoy Xbox Live. The trolling community has been rampant for many years now, and this is the first step by any organization to curb such annoying activities.
Microsoft claims that the new system has “built in a series of carefully designed controls.” This restricts the amount of authority that any individual gamer may possess. They also state the once implemented in its final form the new system would “continually calibrate itself to understand how reliable the data is and the sources it comes from.” That’s not all, though; dedicated gamers who contribute to preventing these nuisances earn rewards on a new community site that ensures that the Xbox Enforcement United initiative becomes a successful venture.
Those having issues with their Xbox can contact the Microsoft help line for technical advice. Experts at Microsoft help line offer excellent customer care, and are quick and thorough with addressing issues.

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