Why exactly are people afraid of Real ID?

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#1 - July 6, 2010, 9:54 p.m.
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Plenty of people know your name IRL.

You have countless real life instances where perhaps an interaction does not go so well, and someone comes away mad at you.
Are you afraid that person is going to hunt you down? He does, after all, know your real name.

What makes you all so sure that having your name known in this game community is going to be all that bad?
I think this paranoia is getting a bit out of hand.

I will still post with my real name showing when the changes take place.




I am a professional. My clients almost always google me to see my credential and accomplishments. It does not behoove me for them to see I play a video game.

Your turn. Tell me why you need to see my real name.
#7 - July 6, 2010, 10:01 p.m.
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Please keep Real ID conversations to one thread: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25712374700&sid=1