World of Warcraft maker to end anonymous forum logins

[vlad321]

Gnizmo said:

Foamer said:

Eh? Are you seriously still saying that potentially having your privacy compromised is a good idea because it would improve a frigging game forum? Even the people who proposed it have turned against the idea.

I am saying no one has put together a coherent argument against it. The interenet isn't anonymous, and giving your name out on it is far less dangerous than giving your name out in real life. The only real problem I have seen brought up is the fact that it could lead to greater harassment of women, which I think probably needs a couple safeguards.

Now if you have a good reason it is bad then I am all ears. My name is listed in this thread, and I would bet dollars to donuts most people complaining about it here have Facebook pages. There is a lot of paranoia on the internet about using real names, but no one has ever given great reasons why its a real problem outside of blind paranoia. Hell, I used to buy into it too for a time until one day I realized my name had gotten out to a bunch of people and nothing bad happened at all!

The creators of this site have their names plastered everywhere, and ioi has a lot of people pissed at him for bad reasons and there is nothing that happens still. You get the occasional horror stories to scare people into the status quo, but they are not representative of the reality out in the wild. This is a phenomenon not unique to the internet either. A few news stories come out every so often and make huge headlines tricking people into thinking there is a big problem where none exists.

 I welcome being wrong on this, and every other point I ever make. I am one of those rare people who enjoys being wrong. I argue to learn, and to spread information. I firmly believe that if you do not challenge accepted beliefs then eventually they cease to hold truth in them. So, please, illustrate how I am wrong, but don't rely on appeals to authority, or single examples. Explain it. Expand on it. Tell me what makes a person on the internet more dangerous than one of your co-workers, or anyone of the tens of thousands of people you are likely to meet over the course of your life.

http://www.metafilter.com/93492/But-my-name-really-is-Deathblood-Blackaxe#3171416

Also just because it doesn't apply to YOU it doesn't mean it doesn't apply to others on a wide range. In fact, speaking of any points, I have yet to see YOU provide even a single point, even if it was terrible and shit. In fact all you have said "it's right and you are wrong," which is an epic fail in terms of arguments. Now just because you are too thick to understand any of the arguments, doesn't make them any less valid.

 

P.S. Common Sense crits Blizzard for 153864 physical. (153863 Overkill).