Quote Originally Posted by Runespider View Post
Silly to you but not to others maybe?

There are people that post their face in their avatar pic, post the state they live in etc..they don't care. Should that be forced too since they see no problem with it? You have nothing to hide, why keep secrets?

It's not if you consider something silly or not, it's that it's something makes people uneasy or they simply don't want to and that it serves no purpose except people being nosey, there is almost no justification for it. On a forum like ffxiah it's fine, you can simply decide not to post on it but these are the official forums, that are paid for by all of our monthly fees.
Comparing an ingame character to posting your RL info is very silly. The fact is thousands of people that you don't know already see your online persona, it's not like you're on a server with 4k+ people and they're all on your FList. It if implemented properly would have meant no one can be a tool on the forums and then run around the game with you having the chance to play with them unawares. As it stands nothing is lost by linking a character, no privacy there's already lots of people that can see your name etc. no security the information given is useless for hacking. The only thing lost is anonymity, and why is that such a big deal you need to log in anyway so anonymity is partial on the forums anyway. You can choose not to post on these too.