Yeah, this is going to be abused, like a lot. Not a good move by Microsoft, especially since it's for Java Edition. It seems microshit is trying to bring Bedrock-style content moderation to Java.
I have questions about this, ranging from
- Who's going to sift through millions of reports to punish players?
- What is the punishment for an 'infraction'?
- It's a 100% given that players will report people they don't like simply because they don't like them.
- This is incredibly abusable. (see above)
- Now Microsoft is going to essentially micromanage what goes on in private servers that people might have paid for.
- Why do this now when servers have been moderating their own chat since multiplayer was introduced?
- Who actually receives the reports?
The update announcement
Not my image but here's a look at some criteria you can be reported for: