Option to privatize or opt-out of lodestone displaying character. Show your support!

[Conadrium]

Like this post if you want the option to privatize or opt-out from having your character information (including name and character appearance) publically displayed on lodestone.

Before reading, this post is specifically about having options to privatize or opt-out of lodestone. This topic is NOT about what happened in omega ultimate. I am just using this as one example.

There have been some illicit activities in the omega protocol (ultimate) which has caused a lot of backlash with the community. The players involved in these illicit activities are now being followed and harassed by other people in game. The environment has become hostile, and I doubt this behavior will stop. I am not defending people involved in these illicit activities, but I believe that the GMs should ultimately be responsible for enforcing the ToS.

I read that one of the participants in the raid is going to delete their account, probably in part because even if they get a name change or transfer servers, they can always be tracked through their lodestone page.
__________

Allowing players to privatize or opt-out of lodestone can help prevent stalking and harassment in situations such as these:

• A situation where two players have a conflict with each other, and one ends up stalking and harassing the other.
• A situation where one player breaks up with their significant other who also plays the game. The other party chooses to stalk and harass them after the break up.
• A situation where a person will create multiple new accounts or trial account to stalk and harass a player.

I played in WOW for more than a decade. An environment far more toxic than ours. During that entire time I never felt the need to run and hide with a name change because I never did anything I was ashamed of.

If someone is harassing you, you simply report them. I don’t think we should give toxic/cheaters more tools to hide and repeat their behavior.