Posters on "JOB lv. 1" characters trolling

[ShadowHeart]

yes actually it has in various games and could well do so

[Yinnyth]

[sarcasm]Also, we should require everyone to list their full birth name, address of their current residence, home, work, and cell phone numbers, as well as their social security number.[/sarcasm] Anonymity is a matter of scale. I think our current exposure is adequate. We discuss the game here, and only people who pay monthly fees for the game are allowed access here. If you want, it's up to you to ignore people who hide behind a mule account, but I don't feel you have the right to demand to know their true identity anymore than I have the right to demand your mother's maiden name.

[Alhanelem]

Trolling happens here because the posters are so easy to troll.

Trolling happens because stupid people with nothing better to do come here to get enjoyment by doing it.

yes actually it has in various games and could well do so

Giving your account name might unlock potential for that, but not character. There's no way to know the POL ID of someone from their character name, since its a random set of letters and numbers and not named by the player, nor is it displayed to anyone on the forums. You are not at any risk of hacking by using your main character versus a mule, and even if you were, how would using a mule character help? it's obvious any level 1 is a mule and probably not a main character- they'd just hack you anyway and get both if they're on the same account or get whatever you're keeping on your mule that's worth anything.

[Zaknafein]

LOL people are gonna hack my account if they know my name....

Seriously just be real about it. You either post from a mule account because you want to start shit without anyone being able to trace it back to you. Or the game you talk of here on the forum doesn't match up to your ingame gear/progression. Very simple.

[Runespider]

I highly doubt Square will add this (too much effort) so here is a very good thing all those that are for this can do, it will..at least partially fix all the problems you are having while not really impacting anyone else.

Black list the people who are posting from low level chars, you will not be able to see their posts or topics and you will have the thing you want. It's the same as blisting people ingame who are annoying you, this should be the most simple way to combat it for those that have serious issues with anonymity here.

[Alhanelem]

The thing is the system teases you by showing you there's a post by someone on your blacklist and giving you the option to reveal the post. It is suprisingly compelling to do so, just in case someone actually decides to say something intelligent, or you forgot why you blocked that person. So while it helps, it's not a perfect solution.

[Yinnyth]

LOL people are gonna hack my account if they know my name....

Seriously just be real about it. You either post from a mule account because you want to start shit without anyone being able to trace it back to you. Or the game you talk of here on the forum doesn't match up to your ingame gear/progression. Very simple.

LOL trolling is gonna stop if people know the real character name...

Seriously just be real about it. You either want to know their real char names to torment their character ingame or because you just want to reinforce your false belief of superiority. Very simple.

[Zaknafein]

LOL trolling is gonna stop if people know the real character name...

Seriously just be real about it. You either want to know their real char names to torment their character ingame or because you just want to reinforce your false belief of superiority. Very simple.

Wrong. The people advocating posting from the main character on the account are adhering to the forum guidelines. Guidelines which were put in place to reduce the amount of idiot posters, and also to give a measure of accountability to people that speak their mind.

Using mules to obscure your identity is cowardly, and dishonorable. It is also clearly skirting the system that was put in place by the entity that runs this website. So no. This issue has less to do with people who are calling out mule posters, and more to do with the ones skirting forum guidelines.

[Vold]

be as equally ignored by the dev team as you guys here..no loss.

If you truly believe that then you still wouldn't be hanging around here. I dare you to walk the talk and stop posting. No loss, right?

I don't expect you to stop posting, for the record. It's practically in the same ball park as asking you to quit FFXI here and now. Never going to happen until your hand is forced.

[Yinnyth]

Wrong. The people advocating posting from the main character on the account are adhering to the forum guidelines. Guidelines which were put in place to reduce the amount of idiot posters, and also to give a measure of accountability to people that speak their mind.

Using mules to obscure your identity is cowardly, and dishonorable. It is also clearly skirting the system that was put in place by the entity that runs this website. So no. This issue has less to do with people who are calling out mule posters, and more to do with the ones skirting forum guidelines.

You mean these forum guidelines? Yeah, I don't see the rule against hiding your identity in there. I see a guideline against impersonating someone you aren't, but impersonating your mule is no more a crime than impersonating your main character. In fact, read the 11th bullet point in those guidelines: (stuff you're not supposed to do)

Posting personal information about yourself or other specific individuals.

That sounds to me more like the forum guidelines protecting your right to remain anonymous whether you want to or not.

I'm also curious as to why you're so adamant about upholding these forum guidelines when you yourself broke them on reply #34. Didn't you know obscenity is against the forum guidelines?