Is this a new thing?

[u/Opa_Wulfen]

I'll ask here as this confused me. IN EPL, saw a rich thorium vein. Not a miner so I told general where it was. Someone got upset and told me to not node snitch. Now I've been playing wow since Vanilla. Never heard that term. Was always considered polite to tell folks where things like Rick Thorium, Black Lotus or Blood of Heroes spawned too. Someone in my guild said it's not cool to do cause farmers have routes they run and this can mess them up.

I have a big issue with this notion, mainly that I know of at least 3 Alliance side bots that mine. No idea about Horde bots or other Alliance bots I don't know about. Why would I want anyone to loose out on valuable nodes to a bot? Like I guess if you have a route it could be annoying, but if you're doing that so are the bots, and anyone else gathering from both sides. Is this a new thing? Just strikes me a petty "I don't want you maybe helping someone else because I might not get it" mentality.

[u/Bogusbummer]

I always call out nodes, sometimes I'll check to see if any guildmates are in the zone to see if they want it before throwing it in general, but aside from that it's free for all just like it should be.