https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8568369-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-fair-play-on-chess-com
Of course they'll never admit this, but it's a big problem they clearly want to limit visibility of. Notice how they never address the concerns, only brag about how many accounts they ban for fair play violations (which is a meaningless statistic on its own) before locking the thread so nobody can discuss further.
Of course they'll never admit this, but it's a big problem they clearly want to limit visibility of. Notice how they never address the concerns, only brag about how many accounts they ban for fair play violations (which is a meaningless statistic on its own) before locking the thread so nobody can discuss further.
There are a lot of posts and articles by staff about the issue. There's also a place where it's allowed to discuss.
I had a post deleted about the amount of cheating with new accounts and I received this reply.
The perception of cheating levels is orders of magnitude more than the actual amount. The vast majority of games and players are clean
https://support.chess.com/article/648-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-fair-play-on-chess-com
https://www.chess.com/article/view/online-chess-cheating
https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-update-february-2025#FairPlay
The site closed more than 100,000 accounts in January for fair play violations and has a full team of staff working on reports along with some automated systems for detection.
https://www.chess.com/article/view/fair-play
That said, discussions of cheating, potential cheating, or cheat detection are not allowed in the general forums. If you want to discuss join the following club https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum
I won't repeat what I said as I would like to start a subject on censorship and not on new accounts cheating.
Why do you think Chess.com shuts down these conversions and move them to a less visible group? Hiding an issue or something else?