Remove chat function
I begin today knowing this will not be a very popular opinion, yet I forge ahead.
With the recent (somewhat successful) weaponization of reports by certain agents, leading to various results which I won’t give them the satisfaction of disclosing here, I believe it is past time to remove chat from the game. It’s completely unusable at this point if you live in an area where this targeted reporting is being done. Simple statements which aren’t in any way threatening or demeaning, and don’t even tag/name any agent, are being reported **and acted upon by Niantic**. Despite multiple reassurances, I am certain that “each report” is not “reviewed manually”. Automatic bans and warnings ARE being issued for completely innocent chatter.
Either fix the punishment system, review and punish the agents abusing it, or simply remove chat from comms altogether. No one wants to be banned because certain agents prefer tattletale warfare to actually playing the game.
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The chat is used to invite new players to Telegram community groups.
I think we can manage it without comm chat. I run two pogo discords and it’s just fine without in game chat.