Xbox policy/Code of Conduct Question - Does MS/Xbox allow people to BUY followers through...

Hi ,

Thanks for the reply! I did go over the Community Standards for Xbox again, just to be sure that I hadn't missed anything, and there may be something to
Section v., which states:

v. Fraud benefits no one

Fraud is any attempt to use deceit or misrepresentation for personal or financial gain. When players commit fraud against Xbox, it circumvents the processes that keep things fair for everyone, and ends up making games, add-ons, and subscriptions
more expensive for everyone. This also applies to trying to make money on Xbox Live in unapproved ways, since doing so bypasses safeguards that exist to help keep everyone safe and financially secure.

This may come into play, in that these are solicitations of a sort, and Xbox Live shouldn't be used to purchase or solicit items/services as that is not what the service is intended for via messaging, etc.

We appreciate you bringing this to our attention and encourage you to keep reporting as best as you can to help keep the community safe and privacy secure.

Thanks again!

Nice!! Yes, this definitely ties in with these posts. They are definitely using Xbox Live for financial gain by spamming these posts to direct people to this outside website for these purposes. Everything about these spam posts looks very untrustworthy anyway
to me and I fear for anyone going to this website and supplying their payment information, such as a credit/debit card or Paypal etc.

He has 2 websites now that he is spamming with the bots, and I only saw one the other night. I've reported both of them to the link you provided (thank you again).

FYI, I've just gone on Xbox a little bit ago, and my feed is dotted everywhere now with posts from friends and re-shares of posts speaking out against these bots. Everyone is complaining and tired of their feed getting spammed. One of my friends is a popular
Mixer streamer, and she has posted that she took to Twitter about it and is trying to reach Xbox about it there.

I'll keep reporting any that I see, and hopefully the Enforcement team can squash this as it's snowballing and becoming a bigger issue by the day.

For now, I'll let my friends know to keep reporting it and that aspects of this does break the Community Standards, so it is reportable. Thanks again! I really appreciate your response and help. If you happen upon any more info that might help, please keep
me updated. If anything new happens that is overly concerning, I'll post here as well.

Much appreciated and thank you for taking the time to help! <3

Hi SpiralOut46and2,

Thanks for taking the time to ask this question here on the forums. There is no real specific iteration that this is not allowed; however, regarding the spam bot situation, in the Community
Standards for Xbox stated in Section ix.:

ix. Always respect the privacy of others

Microsoft runs on trust, and it’s critical that we protect the privacy of our customers. We take this responsibility seriously, and we won’t tolerate behavior or content that puts the privacy or security of another
player at risk.

This may indicate an invasion of your privacy, but it does seem like it may not be fully in line with the

Microsoft Service Agreement regarding accounts as well.

As you've already reported the applicable profiles, and your friends have as well, then it would further be up to the
Enforcement team to look into the profiles and make a determination on how to proceed. We do have upcoming changes for your privacy settings in the works that will allow
you to further avoid toxic or solicitive messages that you may potentially receive from other players or spam bots and you can read about it in this article from Xbox Wire:
Putting You in Control of Your Gaming Experience.

I would encourage you and others to keep reporting these accounts. Additionally, if you feel that the site that the bots are promoting is an unsafe site, you may report the site from this link: Report
unsafe site. It is usually for Windows users, but all divisions are Microsoft, so this may be just the spot to do so. I would also encourage you to
request a call back from Xbox Support to report the site as well, if you haven't done so already.

I hope that this information helps you out.

Thanks again for posting here in the forums with this concern.

See, I agree. I don't think people are allowed to sell OR buy followers. But that is just my own intuition telling me that, in a "There is just no way that people are allowed to do this" kind of a way. But I want to find something solid so I have a "real"
answer, aka Policy and Procedure, Code of Conduct etc in relation to this.

I literally had people asking me, "Hey Spiral, you're an ambassador. Are people allowed to actually buy followers like that? Cause that's sad if Xbox let's people do this." (This was actually a message I got)

So here I am, trying to find an official answer on this. I don't want to tell people that it's not allowed and to report it, if there's nothing in Policy against it. But right now, everyone is saying it's ok and it's allowed and there are people that are
happily looking at this website to buy followers because they think it's "cool."

This issue would be uo to the moderation team if be is creating bots and having them sign up to spam

Or creating fake accounts

Theyll take the appropriate answer

I would love for a moderator to help with this. Even if they don't know if it's allowed, or if they are aware that there is nothing in policy against it, I would appreciate any info. Or maybe they do know that this is not allowed. Either way, a response
would be great because this is becoming a growing issue on Xbox Live over the past few days and most people are telling each other that it's allowed and not to bother reporting it. So I'm trying to find out some real information about this.

Hi SpiralOut46and2,

Thanks for the reply! I did go over the Community Standards for Xbox again, just to be sure that I hadn't missed anything, and there may be something to
Section v., which states:

v. Fraud benefits no one

Fraud is any attempt to use deceit or misrepresentation for personal or financial gain. When players commit fraud against Xbox, it circumvents the processes that keep things fair for everyone, and ends up making games, add-ons, and subscriptions
more expensive for everyone. This also applies to trying to make money on Xbox Live in unapproved ways, since doing so bypasses safeguards that exist to help keep everyone safe and financially secure.

This may come into play, in that these are solicitations of a sort, and Xbox Live shouldn't be used to purchase or solicit items/services as that is not what the service is intended for via messaging, etc.

We appreciate you bringing this to our attention and encourage you to keep reporting as best as you can to help keep the community safe and privacy secure.

Thanks again!