A deadly move by an employee

#0 - July 8, 2010, 6:11 a.m.
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It seems a Blizzard employee by the name of *removed* quoted in a thread about his first and last name.


"*removed*, at your service. Like all employees I've also been in every game manual and credit reel since I've been here. " - *removed*

The employee's first and last name was then research on Facebook finding all of his personal information on it. This is exactly why the new update to Real ID is going to go down the drain.

#1 rule of forums is to NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME
#2 rule of forums is to NEVER GIVE OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION

Rules #1 and #2 are common sense rules of the Internet. Please tell me that a Blizzard employee just did not give out his first and last name with the kind of community that plays World of Warcraft.

I'm creating this topic to report this employee's apparent negligence to his own privacy and the privacy of every person he is connected to on Facebook. This is the danger we put ourselves into Real ID.


*Real ID - Just like Facebook only with more Hax, Trolls, Flame-Bashers, and you pay $15 a month for it!"
#8 - July 8, 2010, 6:28 a.m.
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Q u o t e:

Giving out personal information is against the Terms of Service for us players.


No, giving out someone else's personal information would be against our Code of Conduct, Fulminador. If you want to post your name you are welcome to do so.

In much the same why when the forums are switched over to the new version before the Cataclysm release you will be able to decide if you want to show your real name by deciding if you will be posting or not.

Please also note that our Developers well as our Community Managers continue to collect player feedback regarding this announcement. If you wish to provide your constructive comments the appropriate location would be in the General Discussion forum or Suggestion forum.
#93 - July 8, 2010, 4:21 p.m.
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Should you wish to leave your feedback on the upcoming Real ID change, please post within the following sticky:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25712374700&sid=1

Thank you for your cooperation.