[Air-L] Blizzard Forums will soon display real name

[Alex Leavitt]

>From what I understand, users have a username and a "real name" linked to
their accounts. The real name, though, does not have to be the same name
linked to the credit card used (eg., a parent uses a card for their child,
who inputs their own "real name"). But couldn't the real name just be a
faked name? Are there statistics to how many people actually put their real
name?

Alex

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Alexander Leavitt
Researcher
Convergence Culture Consortium (Comparative Media Studies, MIT)
Microsoft New England Research & Development
http://doalchemy.org
Twitter: @alexleavitt


On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:59 AM, live <human.factor.one at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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