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Originally Posted by Blaster86
Their point is, that when you know someone's real name you can gather this information. Suddenly you know a lot about someone you have no familiarity with.
It's creepy. It's especially creepy if you didn't sign up for it, but it's happening.
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But they’ve already plastered that information, and linked to their names, all over the place - how does using their name in one more spot, creating one more link, make any difference?
It’s also a two way street - you are surrendering your real name, but also unmasking the names of people that are potentially going to commit internet thuggery against you.
If real names in WoW forums was truly a concern, why would any of these people be using far riskier services like Facebook?
I guess ultimately its irrelevant, people will move to other WoW discussion boards to get their anonymous posting fix. I’m not trying to argue with people who don’t like it, just trying to understand it.
If I was trying to start an argument, I’d ask people who have issue with this how you handle driving a car with a publicly displayed license plate that I can track back to you and your precious loved ones any time I want - I just have to come across your car, same as coming across your toon in WoW, just a different environment, but both link back to you directly
