[Air-L] Blizzard Forums will soon display real name
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human.factor.one at gmail.com
Wed Jul 7 08:59:23 PDT 2010
For those who are researching interactions within gaming environment,
or even just internet social anonymity or gender anonymity, this is a
big deal.
http://kotaku.com/5580585/blizzard-forums-will-soon-display-your-real-name
Privacy issues arise, as do gender interaction issues. Would you let
in a female player in to your guild in WoW? What if they were a
'female' playing with a male avatar?
What about a 'male' name playing with a female avatar? These games are
built on guilds and social formations - what impact might this new
change have?
I must curtail my thoughts and come back later to explore this, but I
thought I'd share the Kotaku post.
-SharonG
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