Throw in a six month cool down between name changes and erasing your posting history along with forum trust level gets reset to 0 every time you use it. That would work for me.
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Frankly I hate everything about the original idea. However I am alright with making a compromise. That would somewhat (not very effectively though) handle my concerns for people held accountable for their words and actions.
you tell me. that post was the focal point to the majority of this topic and why it went to hell lol
That effectively solves nothing and is in no way a solution.
This thread was never gonna go anyplace else. Like I said, OP’s idea is never going to gain traction. Not with players, not with Blizzard. It isn’t a serious suggestion; it has never had any chance of being taken seriously, and it never will.
Why would I want to have meaningful conversations with someone who was borderline advocating for the death penalty for the forums or gives death threats a pass? That is an honest question.
As you’ve been quick to dismiss anything that is not 100% comparable to WoW forums, streamer mode is not relevant either using your own logic.
Finally, part of the system compromises you’re suggesting do not work unless everyone participates. If people can just opt out, it’s pointless.
it was already implemented in overwatch2. So it might happen here too.
Again, streamer mode is not the same thing you’re advocating for here.
Not a snowball’s chance in Hell, I’m afraid. But I absolutely love your optimism.
Yes, let’s copy the overwatch 2 forums exactly on the wow forums.
Not the Overwatch forums, the game. Blizzard implemented a system in-game to help prevent streamers’ opponents from cheating by watching the stream.
Not sure how that translates to forum anonymity, but here we are.
But if OP wants to copy OW2, the relevant thing to copy would be the forums.
Or maybe Blizzard implements measures to prevent stream-sniping in WoW.
I’m not exactly sure if stream sniping is an issue in wow, as (for the most part), being able to see your opponents PoV doesn’t really give you an advantage, or (if it’s PvE), you have to get manually invited for most of the content that gets streamed.
That’s okay, I’m absolutely certain forum anonymity isn’t an issue at all, on any Blizzard forum.
Your solution can’t be serious, right? People that advocate for btags are specifically asking for it to avoid those who would utilize your “streamer mode” idea, which is essentially giving everyone a random forum handle every time.
The only way to really solve this (excluding some form of btag identifier) would be giving each Battle.net account a unique handle for the forums with no access to in-game or account information, with the exception of post history. If someone wants to divulge their character(s) information for the sake of showing a xmog, flexing their rio or parses, let them. If you want to roleplay, go do it in-game, there are servers for that.
Unfortunately, roleplaying on the forums should not stand in the way.
If forum trolls want to have multiple accounts, so be it. They should not be able to simply “switch character” to appear as someone else, as they can now. If someone is choosing to ignore someone on the forums, they do not want to hear from the person, regardless of what character they are posting from. Only paid Battle.net accounts should have the ability to post in all forum categories. Trial accounts should only be able to post under the Guides and Support categories.
How does this sound?
personally i beleve the best solution is the one that makes both parties satisfied:
it is a complete win-win for everyone involved.
Can you help me understand what you are not getting from my proposal? The privacy for which you seek, is there. I clearly laid out how what your suggestion lays out is not a win/win for everyone involved. Read sentence # 2 of my post.
I was giving you the benefit of the doubt here, but now I am starting to feel like there’s a small subset of people who just want freedom to post whatever they please as a random name. This gives me pause about what is truly trying to be accomplished here.
i am trying to offer a compromise that would make both parties happy.
Answer my question directly. What are you not getting from my proposal?
no one should be forced to do something they dont want:
i can’t see a better solution honestly.