Ban members from group even if they are not in the group
Dima Plessis
Many of the groups I am in are getting hit with people spamming in chat with scam links, slurs, harassment, etc. but you can't ban the user because they make their comment and then leave the group. They re-join later and do it all over again. You can only ban people from a group while they are in the group. Not only that, but often this constant leaving and re-joining seems to confuse the group member list so they don't come up even when they are in the group chat making comments again, so you still can't ban them. Please make a way to ban people from a group regardless of if they are in it or not. We've also had incidents where we do ban people and the exact same account is somehow still coming back in chat after being banned. This is getting ridiculous. It's happening every day, multiple times a day, in groups all over SL. We need a way to get rid of them from our groups quickly and permanently.
Yes, there is an option to ban members from the group by lookup. Is is not working. They are still getting in group chat.
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Alwin Alcott
simply stop open enrollment but invite only .. no spam
hinaichigo Xaris
This is already possible—you can ban any avatar from a group even if they're not currently a member. That way, they won't be able to join the group in the future.
Dima Plessis
hinaichigo XarisYet they are still in chat and still joining.
hinaichigo Xaris
Dima Plessis Yes, if they have the chat open when you ban them, they can still keep chatting. However, you can ban someone even if they're not in the group.
So what you really need is for them to be blocked from chatting as soon as they're banned—and I agree with that suggestion.
Gryphon Ronas
hinaichigo Xaris This is exactly what is needed. The instant someone is banned from a group the chat should close on their end.
Right now all we can do is revoke their chat privileges then quickly ban them before they can close and reopen chat.
The way it is now, if you ban them or eject them while they have chat open, they are untouchable. You can't do any actions because the person is no longer in the group. We've been complaining of this for years now.
Gryphon Ronas
Dima Plessis that's because at LL's level the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. A ban or eject should immediately close their chat. I thought it did work that way at one time, but something happened and we're left with a mess. It's the same with turning off group chat. Anybody in the chat already can keep chatting until they close and reopen chat.