Enable RealID for the Forums Please

Rasazghal-darrowmere · June 15, 2022, 5:18pm

Creepy.

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Kelgar-the-scryers · June 15, 2022, 5:20pm

only if we can block posts with certain words in it like if i dont want to see any lgbtq posts i can type in that key word and never see them again.

then i would accept realid for forums.

Abuelo-windseeker · June 15, 2022, 5:25pm

In what way would battle tags do this?

Huh-bleeding-hollow · June 15, 2022, 5:33pm

No. Just no. I have RealID enabled for people I know IRL and everyone else just knows me by my character name. If you’re so obsessed with moderation, maybe you should practice some self moderation and get off of the internet. Demanding that other people’s identities be revealed to complete strangers so you can harass them is just weird, and creepy. Get a life. Seriously.

Abuelo-windseeker · June 15, 2022, 5:35pm

no you don’t. you have battle tag enabled. realID is different get a clue

Huh-bleeding-hollow · June 15, 2022, 5:37pm

I know what I’m talking about, and I know the difference. Obviously you don’t, so I’ll enlighten you. Battletag shows your game name, like “BusterBro” or whatever. RealID shows your real name, or whatever name your account is registered to. I have RealID enabled for people I personally know.

Senpu-thrall · June 15, 2022, 5:38pm

umm they can have both I have several people I have known longer than WoW has existed that I see their full name on my friends list. Others I have just their battletag, and others I only have in game characters and info

Abuelo-windseeker · June 15, 2022, 5:42pm

just shows you can’t fix stupid

Ronalio:

the major difference between Battle Tag and Real ID is that giving out your Battle Tag is not exposing the email address that you have associated with your Battle.net account.

When Real ID was first implemented a lot of people complained that in order for people to add them to their friends list, they had to give out their Battle.net username (email address), which was a potential security risk.

Blizzard’s answer to this issue was the implementation of Battle Tag, which is a name that you choose with a randomly generated number on it (ie: YourName#1993) which you can then give out to allow people to add you to their Battle.net friend’s list without exposing your email address to them.

In addition to this, as pointed out in the article you have linked, people added to your friends list with their Battle Tag will only show their Battle Tag, instead of showing the name they have associated with their Battle.net account.

The reason people ask for your Real ID still is probably out of habit, or due to them being unaware that Battle Tag is the same thing but with better privacy - remember that giving out your Real ID means you’re giving out the username to your Battle.net account.

Battletag is not your Battle.net id One is a name created by players so they can create friends lists. The other is your account info.

Battletags do not contain account info Battle.net ids do

Huh-bleeding-hollow · June 15, 2022, 5:43pm

Yeah, you’re a perfect example of that.

Abuelo-windseeker · June 15, 2022, 5:48pm

Did you read the text provide by Ronalio in my post?
Do you think it is incorrect?

Senpu-thrall · June 15, 2022, 5:55pm

No it’s correct that doesn’t make the statement that I have friends on my friends list that I am RealID friends with and see them as such. I don’t see Username#2456 when my brother logs into a game I see John Smith has logged on.

Abuelo-windseeker · June 15, 2022, 5:58pm

Not sure what your point is. using battle tags for forum posting would be safe. it would get rid of people like me posting on an alt.

Senpu-thrall · June 15, 2022, 6:02pm

The point is you told someone they were wrong and told them to get a clue and then doubled down on it when you were corrected.

Got it you are here to troll and cause problems like baiting people.

Abuelo-windseeker · June 15, 2022, 6:04pm

Not a troll. i thought real id was gone. i’ve been wrong before and I will again.

BUT…using battle tags for forum posting would be safe. Real id is not safe.

Huh-bleeding-hollow · June 15, 2022, 6:27pm

The problem is, most people are known as a character and not by their battle tag. So having to post and say “Hey it’s me” would be a bother. Again, I have people who are friends that I play with who have my battle tag, and I’m okay with that. I don’t want complete strangers having it, who could then use it find me in game and possibly harass me. It’s bad enough when you get a “friend request” from somebody who ends up either rage whispering you or being some gold/services selling spam. I like having control over who has access to my information. I’m not willing to give that up just because people post on alts. The way I figure, if someone doesn’t want to post something on a character with an identity, it’s obviously something they don’t stand behind. Besides, it wouldn’t stop people from just using trial accounts with fake names. So it’s not worth the effort. All it would really do is make the people who do contribute to the forums not want to post.

Ronalio-stormreaver · June 15, 2022, 10:47pm

When you go to accept a friend it does give you the option of either battletag or real id.

That would have no affect on using battletags in the forums because it is a separate program from the game .