Would you like an in-game parser?

[Reynhart]

This goes against your logic to not have numbers, players would be bullied into showing their numbers if your argument is correct.

My initial logic is to not focus on numbers. Removing them would be fine, for me, but maybe a little extreme to all of those who like seeing and playing with numbers.
This is a middle ground, because I don't see why we should enforce only one idea on everyone. Like filters, glamour, or hiding helmet, everyone should be able to customize their UI as they want.

Besides, pro-parser defend their idea by saying that having a parser could personaly help a player improve. If that's their real motivation, why would they "bully" someone into showing their numbers ?
And bullying is a valid reason for a report.

However I do find it fishy people would hide.

It's not because I have nothing to hide that I always want to show you.

I look at the positive sides of a parsers, looking at the negative sides is like saying we shouldn't interact with people because yeah, they can be bad, bad as a person for example.

Since there are both positive and negative sides, depending on the person, the day, your mood or whatever, an option could fill any situation. Like sometimes, I like to change my status to busy because I don't want people to bother me. In FFXI, there was the /anon option, to hide your job and level. I also used it to not receive party invitation, and not because my subjob wouldn't be at the appropriate level