Bullying on FFXIV

[Presbytier]

This is so wrong in so many ways.

You really need to brush up on what social engineering is, and how taking anonymity out of the web can compromise your privacy and personal security

Facebook is your first mistake.

Please refrain from any logical fallacies while responding.

One of the big reasons that Blizzard decided to pull RealID was that one of their employees revealed his real name in support of the new feature. Within a short time his home address and vehicle information was posted. That can be very dangerous, especially when it's the WoW community you're dealing with.

I like how I am not supposed to respond with Logical fallacies, so I will begin by pointing out your most obvious one. Appeal to probability. Just because something can happen does not mean it will. I would like to point out that in that case only one person revealed their identity(if both parties are not made known then of course it invites abuses; also social engineering can happen eve when pseudonyms are used). In an ideal scenario everyones identity would be made known; this would have the effect of removing the artificial barrier of anonymity. You would be less likely to to harass someone if they knew who you were(especially considering if i know who you are it is easier form to go about seeking prosecution in the court of law). I also want to point out that the Blizzard case is unique in that most other MMOs I played it was already known who the community reps where, and as far as i can recollect none or very few have been the victims of cyber/bullying/thieves. If revealing ones identity was such a threat then no public individual nor game developer nor actor would ever do it. if someone wants to stalk they are going to do it whether it be in cyberspace with your fake identity or in reality with your real one.