Also if you think it is just linked to message boards:
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Blizzard, the maker of the worlds largest and leading MMO is currently mired in controversy over their newest idea. Blizzard is implementing their RealID in game, which makes your real name available anytime you post on the new forums(coming soon) or to anybody on your friends list, or on their friends list.
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So now you have to keep your friends list clear? Really... friends of friends get to see this? The rabbit hole gets deeper.
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-469671
Just a taste of some of the growing (2100 page thread now) concern over at the WOW forums from an anonymous player..
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I'm not much of a forum poster. Sure, I'll read the forums to get a good laugh every once in a while, but I think this will be the second post that I have ever actually written up on the forums. However, it will most likely be my last.
For someone like me the use of real names on the forums is just a disaster waiting to happen.
1. I'm a girl and have had enough trouble with in game WoW stalkers without them having my real information.
2. I'm one of those people with a very unique name. In fact if you Google me I'm the only person you'll find with my name.
3. There is unfortunately a plethora of information about me on the internet. From a simple Google search anyone can find out my age and my general location. A little more digging and you can even bring up a picture, an old email address and an old mailing address. It worries me to think about what someone with more computer skills could dig up.
Now of course I use my real name every day without a thought to my safety, BUT if i find my self speaking with someone I don't trust, I don't even hesitate to provide him with a false name. Forcing people to post with their real names doesn't provide them with that option if they feel the situation could prove to be dangerous.
I'm sure that the chances of anyone truly being harmed because of a forum post are very slim, but with a name like mine, I can't take the chance.
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You can speak for this person Raekwon? You as a female WOW player have no problem with everyone knowing this and having your RL name at their disposal?