They're cute when they're young.
The official US PlayStation blog informed PlayStation Home beta testers (e.g. nearly everybody with a PS3) that Home would be down for maintenance and and update to version 1.04 from midnight Pacific Standard Time yesterday for six hours. That's 08:00 GMT.
The news has also been confirmed for Europe.
Included in the information regarding a fix for 'connection issues' was the statement that, "Additionally, as part of version 1.04, the voice chat feature within PlayStation Home will be temporarily suspended. As soon as we are ready to resume the voice chat feature, we will inform you via PlayStation.com and PlayStation.Blog."
There is no timeframe given for the temporary suspension. If you've visited Home with your audio set up, you too may sigh in relief at the fact that you're not going to have to deal with the kind of idiot-level 'banter' that Sony hoped would not occur. If, on the other hand, you actually like talking rather than typing, this suspension will cause rancour. Either way, it appears that voicing your joy or concern won't be an option for a while.
Whether this is the sort of 'moderation' for sexual harassment that SCEA's director of hardware marketing, John Koller, was hinting at earlier is open to question.
The news has also been confirmed for Europe.
Included in the information regarding a fix for 'connection issues' was the statement that, "Additionally, as part of version 1.04, the voice chat feature within PlayStation Home will be temporarily suspended. As soon as we are ready to resume the voice chat feature, we will inform you via PlayStation.com and PlayStation.Blog."
There is no timeframe given for the temporary suspension. If you've visited Home with your audio set up, you too may sigh in relief at the fact that you're not going to have to deal with the kind of idiot-level 'banter' that Sony hoped would not occur. If, on the other hand, you actually like talking rather than typing, this suspension will cause rancour. Either way, it appears that voicing your joy or concern won't be an option for a while.
Whether this is the sort of 'moderation' for sexual harassment that SCEA's director of hardware marketing, John Koller, was hinting at earlier is open to question.
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config 18 Dec 2008 13:16
1/6
Home needs a democratic "social standing" mechanism. If you're a potty mouth then those around you should be able to report you as such, possibly only after a warning has been given.
After a set number of reports you'd be dropped in the sin bin and only able to voice chat with friends. Same goes for any type of harassment or anti-social behaviour, including text chat.
After a period you'd be taken out of the sin bin and allowed to carry out the activity again. However, if you're reported again you next stay is longer, and repeat offenders risk getting banned (or banned from sharing a server with the complainant)
To keep things balanced, when a report is made everyone gets to see who reported you and what it was for. If they disagree they can contradict this by claiming it was a false report.
Of course, this could be manipulated, so you'd have to log reports and the surrounding actions (text & voice logs, avatar proximity and gestures) and have an appeals mechanism, where logs could be offered as evidence in a "people's court" where only unrelated users (identified through friend network and proximity when event occurred) can vote on any appeals.
I think I should maybe submit my CV to SCEE ;)
After a set number of reports you'd be dropped in the sin bin and only able to voice chat with friends. Same goes for any type of harassment or anti-social behaviour, including text chat.
After a period you'd be taken out of the sin bin and allowed to carry out the activity again. However, if you're reported again you next stay is longer, and repeat offenders risk getting banned (or banned from sharing a server with the complainant)
To keep things balanced, when a report is made everyone gets to see who reported you and what it was for. If they disagree they can contradict this by claiming it was a false report.
Of course, this could be manipulated, so you'd have to log reports and the surrounding actions (text & voice logs, avatar proximity and gestures) and have an appeals mechanism, where logs could be offered as evidence in a "people's court" where only unrelated users (identified through friend network and proximity when event occurred) can vote on any appeals.
I think I should maybe submit my CV to SCEE ;)
SuperSaiyan4 18 Dec 2008 13:20
2/6
HOME sounds like a big joke.
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Daz 18 Dec 2008 18:43
3/6
SS4 would you think it was a big joke if the 360 was getting it? I would bet not, you'd probably think it was the best thing since sliced bread, bet you hated the the Wii's Mii's but then 360 got 'em and all of a sudden you love the idea.
Nathan 19 Dec 2008 22:38
4/6
I really in joy the voice chat.. I feel idots couldnt make it bad for other who enjoy voice chat, and sharing thier music with others, n we do get tired of typing all the time. so please resume voice chat.
Nathan 20 Dec 2008 00:06
5/6
I really enjoy the voice chat features. I feel people who curse alot should get banned for a while to teach them not to disrespect others. it shouldn't take effect for others who are enjoying the voice chat. we sometime get tired of typing so much.. and be in the need for voice chatting. so please resume voice chat cause its good people put there want to be able to enjoy this.
Thank You for taking out the time to read this.
Nathan
Thank You for taking out the time to read this.
Nathan
OptimusP 20 Dec 2008 18:29
6/6
Look, this is just Sony "shoe-horning" Nintendo's disruptive value-system into it's own stucture. They know that you have to give online a image of safe and fun to expect growth. Having a bunch of guys calling everyone noobs won't help growth.
Imagine going into a bar and ordering a some drink and everyone in the bar started calling you out as a noob and stuff...would you go back to this bar?
Imagine going into a bar and ordering a some drink and everyone in the bar started calling you out as a noob and stuff...would you go back to this bar?