Question about FFLogs

[Moonlite]

Not a pro or negative parse question. But does anyone find it weird you post something on here from in game and you have to blur out all the names. But SE turns a blind eye to people loading measurements of other players on another site and don't bat an eye.

[alimdia]

Not a pro or negative parse question. But does anyone find it weird you post something on here from in game and you have to blur out all the names. But SE turns a blind eye to people loading measurements of other players on another site and don't bat an eye.

SE has no legal authority to go after those sites just because they publish a fake character name with some numbers. They can try to enforce their ToS within their forums, but any third party site is beyond their reach, Discord included.

[Moonlite]

SE has no legal authority to go after those sites just because they publish a fake character name with some numbers. They can try to enforce their ToS within their forums, but any third party site is beyond their reach, Discord included.

Not to get into it to much, because I don't know what copyrights SE has or doesn't have. In the past a lot of sights were threaten with infringement. They clearly have FF14 stuff posted and they clearly have a donate button. I am sure some of the C+D letters that are sent out don't have much more of a leg to stand on then that. It doesn't stop companies from doing it anyways. They also don't threaten the site they can just threaten the service provider.


That also wasn't the point though. The point was it is very clear here, no naming. But when they talk about turning a blind eye to this system in place it clearly has a naming system. That seems a little off is all.

[Vnolan]

Not a pro or negative parse question. But does anyone find it weird you post something on here from in game and you have to blur out all the names. But SE turns a blind eye to people loading measurements of other players on another site and don't bat an eye.

People can be stupid. If someone posts another player's name in a negative light, you'd have people blacklist or attempt to grief the named players, regardless of whether any of the accusations were true. Another reason is everyone would see how easy it is to get away with several blatant ToS violations and SE doesn't want that. Also they have control over the forums and not some random website.

Has the owner of that site ever said why it isn't opt-in?

[Granyala]

Are "harassment" and "inconvenience" interchangeable words now? "Omg I wasn't allowed to join a party ingame! Harsassment!" The heck?

"Harassment" is just a buzzword around here that has lost it's original meaning long ago.

But does anyone find it weird you post something on here from in game and you have to blur out all the names. But SE turns a blind eye to people loading measurements of other players on another site and don't bat an eye.

I see no need to obfuscate FF-Logs character data. Contrary to putting people in a certain light by posting chat screen shots etc (often telling an incomplete and one sides story), FF-Logs data is neutral and objective. Peoples interpretation of said data might not be, mind you, but the data itself is. That's why SE requires you to censor names in chat screenshots but doesn't care about FF-Logs.

Neither should any player btw. Play like the first human, you get the logs to show for it. Instead of raging on about "privacy" and "harassment" said player should just put in a tiny modicum of effort. Then the logs would be okay and there would be no fear of being viewed in a negative way.
People blow it out of the water anyway. I have some HORRIBLE parses up there. Wipe runs of evenings I was super tired after work, chaotic random groups, me being more busy with chatting in TS than paying attention to the boss, me herp-a-derping it as SMN w/o much of a clue about what I amdoing, you name it. Not once did s/o confront me about it. Oo