Just to be clear this was a topic posted on Reddit a couple of hours ago by another user (unsure if giving credit is etiquette or against the rules so I won’t include names atm.
I think I am a fan of this.
If you are going to intentionally keep
Your profile private for fear of other people harassing you; that’s totally fine. However they also should not be able view your profile.
If you prioritise “not receiving toxicity” over keeping your profile information available to make things more transparent for your team ~ for better or worse ~ then you in turn shouldn’t be able to view others public profiles.
I think this is the answer. Everyone still has the right to remain anon should they wish to do so, however much more people will change to “open” status, which makes the overall experience more transparent as a whole.
Now just to be clear, my account when public makes me look like a total no life, sad, one trick mercy main. I still advocate for these changes, because honestly I prioritise competitive success over a non toxic gaming experience.
Don’t agree and would rather stay anon? That’s cool! With this system we equally retain our rights to anon while also providing more transparency for those who want it.
This is why I hide my profile to begin with. The player that criticizes it almost always has their own profile private. Though your idea still does nothing for smurfs.
Don’t care. Haven’t looked at someones profile in game for anything other than clicking “report” in a very very long time. As long as that’s still available, I’m fine.
I think this is a pretty good idea, it’s similar to not being able to see if someone else is online on a messaging app if you have hidden your own status. I’m in favour of it.
My profile is public and I do not support this idea. In my experience, most players that have a private profile simply don’t do anything. They do not get toxic, they also do not say anything in match, team, or voice chat.
People have private profiles because they don’t want to be harassed. And I opted to have my profile public for a reason. Why bar someone for viewing it?
If they get toxic, I ignore them. They have a private profile. They’re hiding something for some reason, while I am not. Their comments are water off my back.
I personally dont care. Sometimes i have my profile open, sometimes i have it private, just depends on how I feel that day.
The only reason I look at other players profiles is in unranked matches, so I can see if the other team is loaded up with masters level players or not.
How about we have more options to choose from then other then private profile and show everything you ever played going back years?
Like allow some customisation so you can have an open profile for friends/other people with open profiles while everyone else only sees what you played the last season or whatever else you want to show.
i dont leave, but it prepares me for a rough game, ill know what’s coming. Kinda like the inevitable fate of growing old. You know there’s nothing you can do to stop it, you just have to prepare best you can for the bumpy times
This again. I’m pretty sure profiles are set to private to default, so you have to make a conscious decision to set it to public. That’s what it means, public. It’s like saying only other actors or politicians should know each other’s names.
In other words, you want to show your profile, but only to “the right people”.
There was also another idea in that same thread which I’d be okay with, too. I don’t know if I prefer one over the other, both sound good and would fix my issues with private profiles:
