Bnet forums to be Real Name Only - Page 64

On July 07 2010 09:34 ScienceRob wrote:
I will concede that I have never lived in any bad part of a city, merely in a very cheap apartment several times. My point remains the same, even if it is reduced to a selective group of homes that do not require locking but are locked never the less.

On July 07 2010 09:36 Shiladie wrote:
Diamond, you're a good guy, but I really think you arn't thinking this through.
I for example in my last job was capable with no paper trail to me, kill a person's internet with just a name. I had in fact looked up multiple of my wow guildies internet connections who I was good friends with back in the day to see what they're connections were like when I was bored at work.
If I were inclined, after being pissed off at somebody over the internet, I could just go through and cap their connection with an admin tag to not be removed without explicit admin permission. it would be burried, they may complain about their speed, it would go through endless paperwork and get buried for up to 3 months, at which point it would be restored to normal, when I'd just do it again, so how would you like to be unable to play any games, stream, or even watch youtube on your connection at all because you pissed off the wrong person on the internet?

On July 07 2010 09:29 HuskyTheHusky wrote:
I'm sorry to say, but it is laughable for anyone to think its ok for everyone who posts on a forum to have to share their full name.

You're OK with sharing your name, that's great! Not everyone is though. This is going to be a big hit to the community that they're trying to build. They are going to lose far more people than they will gain with this recent change.

On July 07 2010 09:39 Vimsey wrote:

I did say I didnt find much but i honestly didnt spend more than 5 minutes I was quite surprised how much I did find. Your MMA blog maybe defunct but as I said shows an interest in it and if you got into a fight and accidently killed someone It would cause a problem for you. I think you missed a post above who obviously can see your medical records at least he is alluding to that.

As I said before you know what you are doing. For me I never use my real name, yes thats a risk if i ever have my account hacked but then again ive never had to prove my name when contacting any customer support either. Also my name is so common so its not an issue for me ive had dental and medical records mixed up but for women especially it is a much bigger risk. My sister has an x directory phone number simply because teenagers go through phone books calling anyone with a female name.

On July 07 2010 09:30 ScienceRob wrote:

I know why I lock the door when I leave. I know that if I don't lock it I will be fine, most likely, but there is no point in taking a chance.

On July 07 2010 09:41 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
I have one simple question to everyone here.

How is is not MORE dangerous to hand out my business card at work which has my cell phone # and full name on there? At the place where I am every single day.

On July 07 2010 09:41 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
I have one simple question to everyone here.

How is is not MORE dangerous to hand out my business card at work which has my cell phone # and full name on there? At the place where I am every single day.

On July 07 2010 09:43 Myles wrote:


Because you're deciding who you hand your card to, while on a forum any random person can see it. There is a difference.

On July 07 2010 09:43 omeg wrote:
Because you hand it to one person whom you can recognize, not to 10000000 internet readers.

On July 07 2010 09:43 Myles wrote:


Because you're deciding who you hand your card to, while on a forum any random person can see it. There is a difference.

How is is not MORE dangerous to hand out my business card at work which has my cell phone # and full name on there? At the place where I am every single day.

On July 07 2010 09:42 Shirolol wrote:


Do you have any windows in your house? Glass isn't a very tough thing to get through you know.

If someone wanted to get into your house they could whether you locked the door or not, they could actually go through your locked door if they really wanted to. But you don't seem to be worried about that, so why are you so worried about this?

On July 07 2010 09:41 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
I have one simple question to everyone here.

How is is not MORE dangerous to hand out my business card at work which has my cell phone # and full name on there? At the place where I am every single day.