We did this for social contact (channels, forums, and other forms of communication) for a while, but because it's a MUD, it's a shared world with persistent eff

We did this for social contact (channels, forums, and other forms of communication) for a while, but because it's a MUD, it's a shared world with persistent effects, so it's impractical to make all activity invisible. Blocking social communication just resulted in other forms of griefing as a result. Griefers gonna grief.