There are more spam posts nowadays because of this feature.
And to add , it is also stupid why people have to post links with space . Like what is that even adding to your forums.
Old were better.
Oh and now people flag posts and gets banned for posting different opinions instead of dislike.
Everything is worst in the new forums.
I do like the new features like gifs and most who reach level 3 like using them. You can convey a response in gif format. I do think itâs valid. I also like that I get notifications if someone replies to me or quotes me. We have the ability to use emojis etc.
I do not like the trivial things for which people are now reported and punished. Obviously there are serious offenses that warrant punishment. There seemed to be much more room for debate and not such petty rules. I also preferred the system where it just changed swear words into symbols.
I love it when people use gifs as reply, they are fun, often very descriptive for situation and in general lighten up when conversations get heavy. Also love using them myself.
Donât pick on the gifs
Itâs just a bit of harmless fun
How the hack you guys can post gifs and links - even with 1000 post I canât post even a link.
Its a dedicated cult! Something must be sacrificed!!
for serious answer check out this under the trust levels bit:
What?
Even before gif feature and especially in the past forums have been nothing but spamming mostly and the amount of gif âspammersâ is extremely surpassed by whiners spamming about anything from stubbed toes to Russian premades.
I dislike the rank 3 forum rank requirement, because it demands that your posts donât receive too many flags over a certain period of time. That inevitably means that some posters will never reach rank 3, because theyâre either infamous, hold controversial opinions, or similar.
I have never, and likely never will, reach forum rank 3, because I have some âfansâ who delight in flagging various posts of mine as trolling.
And that sucks. The ability to post pictures and links and illustrations is quite a nice feature if you want to present some visual information alongside your text, or refer to whatâs written elsewhere on the internet.
But yeah, I hate that Blizzard have locked that forum rank behind a requirement that is outside my own control. 
As far as funny .gifs are concernedâŚdunno. Not really my style. I think a forum post should err toward written text. A pure .gif seems low-effort and not very insightful. And Reddit does that better anyway.
I got suspended and canât reach rank 3 now cause I told someone to not take what people on the internet says to heart.
Nice system
Welcome to Blizzard forums where only thing that is allowed is Disney like fantasy view of the world.
And by Magniâs beard if you say something controversial on thin skin people standards you get 3 days to infinite ban.
Iâm enjoying this far too much.
You can have a different opinion. Just when people start the insults is when a ban is deserved.
Except if you get mass flagged and suspended anyway even if you didnât do anything ban-worthy. Sh*t system
I dont know the intricacies of the ban system in all honesty. Donât know if its automatic based on reports or if its reviewed by human eyes. Either way if youâre civil, it isnt in the mists of mass spam from your account or majorly passive aggressive then a ban shouldnât happen.
Iâve had two bans on the new forums and still gained TL3 three times now. I lost It once because of my second ban and once because I let my game time run out.
You can still gain it even with a historic sanction on your account, it just resets the 100 days counter.
And that is a sh*t system