Battle.Net 2.0 - With real names in the forum ?

TheWesDude said:
people say "whats in a name" when really the answer is quite a lot.

if you are smart with an online alias, they cannot tie your wow alias to your facebook.

when they can, they can find out where you live.

and you know that one of those guys who wants to beat someone up IRL or such will actually take it too far and eventually someone will get killed.

its not a matter of how hard is it to find someone on facebook or such, its how EASY it is.

and the easier it becomes, the higher the actual danger to the participants.
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Solution: Don't post your fucking address/phone number on Facebook. First name, last initial, state and a picture is more than enough to network with people. When you post your address on those sites, you're just begging to be robbed.

Or just don't be a fuckwad in-game or on the forums. Is that so hard?

Also, the people who "want to beat someone up IRL" are typically basement virgins or twelve year olds who do nothing but talk shit 24/7. Just laugh and move on.

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Phil the Nuka-Cola Dude said:
if you are smart with an online alias, they cannot tie your wow alias to your facebook.
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You know what once just for the fun typing my real name in google.

And you know what came up ? My amazon account. Granted. There is no adress which one could see as its hidden. but still.

Its not important how easily you can get acess to some data and yes it is stupid to type your phone number, adress or any personal data in a page for everyone to see but thats not the point. But why even give the option for it in the first place ? There is really no reason to assume that a politic like Blizzard is trying to imagine/apply would change anything regarding the bahaviour of trolls. And I have serious doubts that the real intention behind the Real ID are savety and comfortable posting. Those things could be easily managed by competent moderators. See NMA and other big pages for that matter.
 
Crni Vuk said:
Phil the Nuka-Cola Dude said:
if you are smart with an online alias, they cannot tie your wow alias to your facebook.
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You know what once just for the fun typing my real name in google.

And you know what came up ? My amazon account. Granted. There is no adress which one could see as its hidden. but still.

Its not important how easily you can get acess to some data and yes it is stupid to type your phone number, adress or any personal data in a page for everyone to see but thats not the point. But why even give the option for it in the first place ? There is really no reason to assume that a politic like Blizzard is trying to imagine/apply would change anything regarding the bahaviour of trolls. And I have serious doubts that the real intention behind the Real ID are savety and comfortable posting. Those things could be easily managed by competent moderators. See NMA and other big pages for that matter.
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You're quoting the wrong person.
 
Phil the Nuka-Cola Dude said:
They should have kept it. I think the idea was fucking genius. People treat each other like shit and act like complete fuckwits when there's zero accountability, and nobody knows who you are. Take a look at 4chan for example. Do you think that cesspool would get any traffic if everyone was forced to use their real name?

The WoW forums are no different.
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As has been previously brought up in this debate (not in this thread), the supposed benefit of "accountability" relies on there being real life consequences to being a jerk on the forums. Otherwise, exactly what accountability would using real names as opposed to a single, unchangeable forum alias tied to the Bnet account bring? None.

While many of those who troll forums really do deserve to get a good thrashing in real life, obviously the consequences of posting by people's real names wouldn't be limited only to those who truly deserve it.

Or, if you say knowing a person's real name is meaningless and wouldn't invite real life consequences, then again we're back to there being no difference between the Real ID nonsense and just having one, unchangeable forum alias tied to the Bnet account.

Blizzard's retraction was a sensible and unsurprising move. However, the damage the very idea has done to Blizzard's reputation in my eyes (as well as many others', I'm sure) will linger for a while.
 
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