Comments for Darryl Woodford http://www.dpwoodford.net Life, Academia and Current Projects Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Privacy? What Privacy? Blizzard insisting on real names for forum, in-game profiles by Darryl Woodford http://www.dpwoodford.net/2010/07/privacy-what-privacy-blizzard-insisting-on-real-names-for-forum-in-game-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Darryl Woodford Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:19:18 +0000 http://www.dpwoodford.net/?p=339#comment-31 I'm told they've already partially retracted it, for employees only. Given the uproar and the mainstream press attention I can't see them sticking with it either. The in-game thing seems to have got far less attention, so it will be interesting to see if that eventually falls too... I’m told they’ve already partially retracted it, for employees only. Given the uproar and the mainstream press attention I can’t see them sticking with it either. The in-game thing seems to have got far less attention, so it will be interesting to see if that eventually falls too…

]]> Comment on Privacy? What Privacy? Blizzard insisting on real names for forum, in-game profiles by Sebastian http://www.dpwoodford.net/2010/07/privacy-what-privacy-blizzard-insisting-on-real-names-for-forum-in-game-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Sebastian Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:46:24 +0000 http://www.dpwoodford.net/?p=339#comment-28 This has to be one of the most crazy and outlandish moves I've ever seen. It reeks of Activision trying to 'monetize' ('socialnetworkize'?) the WoW playerbase. It's completely unreal, untenable -- and I'm almost certain it will get withdrawn in lieu of 'V2.0... coming soon.' As you say, a nickname for cross-server communication would be more than enough. Just having it CONFIGURABLE would be enough! As it stands, you can see the real names of your friends-of-friends in WoW. No warnings, no options... that's just how it is. Crazy. This has to be one of the most crazy and outlandish moves I’ve ever seen. It reeks of Activision trying to ‘monetize’ (‘socialnetworkize’?) the WoW playerbase.

It’s completely unreal, untenable — and I’m almost certain it will get withdrawn in lieu of ‘V2.0… coming soon.’

As you say, a nickname for cross-server communication would be more than enough. Just having it CONFIGURABLE would be enough! As it stands, you can see the real names of your friends-of-friends in WoW. No warnings, no options… that’s just how it is.

Crazy.

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