To build healthy communities in virtual reality, we must move beyond automated penalties toward proactive forms of governance. Despite these challenges, it is imperative that we embrace—and demand a commitment to—our shared social responsibility to nurture flourishing and vibrant VR communities. A balanced approach to restrictions and penalties has an important role to play, as may real-world law. But we must be wary of relying too heavily on automated moderation, suspensions, and bans, which make up only one part of building healthy virtual worlds. “Out of sight, out of mind” is simply not a good enough maxim to live our virtual lives by. As our rich history of managing communities in multiplayer games shows, virtual governance can (and must) be much more than that.
https://www.wired.com/story/metaverse-video-games-virtual-reality-ethics-digital-governance/
