Private lodestone profiles would mean I can’t dig up someone’s profile and ad hom them on the forums for how bad they are at the game. Which kinda defeats the purpose of the OF.

Does anyone expect Square Enix Holdings co., Ltd. to invest in decent online infrastructure? This is the same company that made FFXIV 1.0, Forespoken, and Foamstars. A broken clock is right twice a day, and it’s published exactly two good games in the past decade (FFXIV and FF7R). Don’t count on them caring about stalking and privacy anytime soon.