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keV.
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3214 Posts
July 06 2010 18:08 GMT
#361
On July 07 2010 03:05 Tomnki wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2010 03:02 789 wrote:
Let's make this interesting. Everyone who thinks this lack of privacy isn't an issue: post your full name, phone number, and address. If you really don't think it's an issue you would be willing to do it, since when blizzard starts handing full names out it will be easy enough to discover this information. Oh yeah ... and random jerk off can run a full background check on you too if he wants to pay a few bucks.


Hi, I see you live in the United States. The population is around 306 million people. Do you really think out of 306 million people you are the only one with your current name?


Not everyone is named John Smith man...
"brevity is the soul of wit" - William Shakesman
Backpack
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1776 Posts
July 06 2010 18:09 GMT
#362
If you are concerned about it, simply don't post in their REALID FORUMS.

Problem solved.
"You people need to just generally care a lot less about everything." -Zatic
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-06 18:10:01
July 06 2010 18:09 GMT
#363
What if my real life name was Willie Stroker?

I thumbs down this idea
Baxter
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia45 Posts
July 06 2010 18:10 GMT
#364
I just googled my name. Sound weird I know. But what came up was f'd up, my facebook link was there, plus a list of a few of my friends full names who I know for a fact don't care about anonymity, but does that leave them open to people finding out info about them and doing what ever they want with it? By giving your name out you can potentially effect people around you.
*Max. 255 Chars
keV.
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3214 Posts
July 06 2010 18:10 GMT
#365
On July 07 2010 03:09 Backpack wrote:
If you are concerned about it, simply don't post in their REALID FORUMS.

Problem solved.


Obviously, this fixes the problem. Still, some people would like to be heard.
"brevity is the soul of wit" - William Shakesman
Vimsey
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom2235 Posts
July 06 2010 18:10 GMT
#366
On July 07 2010 02:53 ikkyixo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2010 02:24 Kambing wrote:
"Potential employers googling your name and declining because you play games"
I'm sorry but, if you meet the requirements of what they are looking for experience and skillwise, a google search on what you enjoy to do in your own time will not affect your chances of getting hired and if it does, it's against the law (Well, in Texas it is). Take them to court if you feel that the reason they did not hire you was because of a google search. They would have to explain the detail of your decline to the judge with ample proof and if it is not sufficient enough proof to back their reason, you have yourself a successful lawsuit ..


This is the naive view of what's going on. Practically speaking, many employers use google/facebook to find out information about applicants. Furthermore, they don't have to mention to you when you are "no hired" that they did such a search on you name. Even furthermore, there's a strong argument to be made that information via google/facebook is publicly available and thus admissible in such decisions (analogous to how an employer can judge you if you come drunk to an interview vs. professing your love of keggers and frat parties on your facebook page).


Admissible in regards to the potential employer searching up your name in google and finding out information, yes. Using that said information to deny you from employment is not.

The denial of employment would need to always be based on a specifc aspect in which the employer finds that either, you are not qualified for the position in which you are applying for or the position you are applying for is no longer open due to a sudden or non sudden change in business needs or the position was filled.

Following under the assumption that some other members of the forum have in regards to this predicament can be applied to anything else on the web. They can google your name, find out that you won 1st place in a chess tournament and you think that if the person making hiring decisions doesn't like chess (because their father died to choking on a chess piece or something ridiculous like that), can deny you from employment soley because you play chess? I'm sorry homie but that's discrimination and is definitely against the law if it's used to deny you from employment. If you feel that you have a case in which you were denied employment because of that, then as I said, you can bring them to court. If they have proof that your decision of being hired was not based on that or you have no proof otherwise, how can you blame a forums about Starcraft being the reason you were not hired?

The real world operates differently to how it is supposed to. Companies are supposed to employ people without bias to gender, race, age and many other things but reality is very different and its very difficult to prove. Much better to just not provide them with the ammunition in the first place.
Sabu113
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States11110 Posts
July 06 2010 18:11 GMT
#367
Well it should kill a lot of the trolling.
Biomine is a drunken chick who is on industrial strength amphetamines and would just grab your dick and jerk it as hard and violently as she could while screaming 'OMG FUCK ME', because she saw it in a Sasha Grey video ...-Wombat_Ni
im a roc
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States745 Posts
July 06 2010 18:11 GMT
#368
On July 07 2010 03:09 Backpack wrote:
If you are concerned about it, simply don't post in their REALID FORUMS.

Problem solved.

All of their forums will be realid. We basically don't have any way to give feedback without our names attached.
Beware The Proxy Pool Rush
Lennon
Profile Joined February 2010
United Kingdom2275 Posts
July 06 2010 18:11 GMT
#369
Yet another fail by Blizzard. Fail after fail.
This is a time when almost everyone knows NOT to give out personal details unless they have no other choice.

I don't post on their official forums anyway and people will use fake identities.
The most important thing here is how disappointingly stupid Blizzard are becoming.
DeckTech
Profile Joined May 2010
Netherlands26 Posts
July 06 2010 18:11 GMT
#370
Is it to much to ask to use your in game avatar on the game forum ;(
keV.
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3214 Posts
July 06 2010 18:12 GMT
#371
Every time someone asks a legitimate question about the change, their post is deleted...
"brevity is the soul of wit" - William Shakesman
789
Profile Joined October 2009
United States959 Posts
July 06 2010 18:12 GMT
#372
On July 07 2010 03:08 keV. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2010 03:05 Tomnki wrote:
On July 07 2010 03:02 789 wrote:
Let's make this interesting. Everyone who thinks this lack of privacy isn't an issue: post your full name, phone number, and address. If you really don't think it's an issue you would be willing to do it, since when blizzard starts handing full names out it will be easy enough to discover this information. Oh yeah ... and random jerk off can run a full background check on you too if he wants to pay a few bucks.


Hi, I see you live in the United States. The population is around 306 million people. Do you really think out of 306 million people you are the only one with your current name?


Not everyone is named John Smith man...


Exactly man. Like I've said a couple times ... if you do a yellow page search on me only 3 results come up. 1 is some random guy, the other is myself and my dad. Gee I like those odds of them picking someone I would care to see not harrassed.
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Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
July 06 2010 18:12 GMT
#373
What the fuck?

What the fuck.

What.

The.

Fuck.

..
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
Backpack
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1776 Posts
July 06 2010 18:12 GMT
#374
On July 07 2010 03:11 im a roc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2010 03:09 Backpack wrote:
If you are concerned about it, simply don't post in their REALID FORUMS.

Problem solved.

All of their forums will be realid. We basically don't have any way to give feedback without our names attached.


Wrong.

Please read the entire thread, or at least the last few pages.
"You people need to just generally care a lot less about everything." -Zatic
baskerville
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
541 Posts
July 06 2010 18:13 GMT
#375
i must be thick but doesn't that mean no minors will be allowed to post due to the risk involved?
since sc2 is a game for a wide spectrum of players i don't get it at all
i wouldn't let my kid give out his real name online .. and i doubt i'm the worst on the issue

of course it's the forum not the game, but still getting info and discussing the ins and outs of the game is a part of the fun, to not be able to do it in the company's forum seems counter intuitive, not to mention so stooopid from a commercial point of view
anybody else thought of this or messaged blizz about it?
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Nefra
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom37 Posts
July 06 2010 18:13 GMT
#376
On July 07 2010 03:02 789 wrote:
Let's make this interesting. Everyone who thinks this lack of privacy isn't an issue: post your full name, phone number, and address. If you really don't think it's an issue you would be willing to do it, since when blizzard starts handing full names out it will be easy enough to discover this information. Oh yeah ... any random jerk off can run a full background check on you too if he wants to pay a few bucks.


If you're stupid enough to put personal information on the internet anything further than your name you deserve all you get to be honest, I'm more than happy for people to know my name, it does not bother me, good luck trying to glean any further information from knowing it - even if you can get as far as figuring out which one of the many people I share my name with.
McDonalds
Profile Joined March 2010
Liechtenstein2244 Posts
July 06 2010 18:14 GMT
#377
On July 07 2010 03:11 im a roc wrote:
We basically don't have any way to give feedback without our names attached.


Is there not going to be a customer support e-mail address or form or anything?
High five :---)
MangoTango
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States3670 Posts
July 06 2010 18:15 GMT
#378
B.net forums: the opposite of 4chan.
"One fish, two fish, red fish, BLUE TANK!" - Artosis
Endorsed
Profile Joined May 2010
Netherlands1221 Posts
July 06 2010 18:16 GMT
#379
I'm.
I don't know what to say. Such a rediculous reasoning.
KillerPlague
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1386 Posts
July 06 2010 18:17 GMT
#380
haha so at first i was ok with this. really what is the downside to just showing your name on a forum? but then i tried a few things using my own name. the online yellow pages yielded the exact location of my house as well as phone number. when i googled my name the first link i got was another person with the same name as mine and their facebook account. apparently he is more popular than me =[. and when i switched google to images on the first page i found some old pictures of me from high school (they are actually kinda flattering =].) so overall this will definitely deter me from posting, but i still will probably post stuff that i really think deserves changing
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