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"real name" forum policy

Post by underthedeep » Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:14 pm

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... kBKJTdB2MQ

What's your guys take on the whole idea?

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Post by Blorx » Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:31 pm

I think it's going to be the end of WoW. 13,000 sayonara posts and counting, I think Blizz's paranoia will be their undoing.

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Re: "real name" forum policy

Post by Renegade_Turner » Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:34 pm

Yes, I would rather love future employers finding my actual name and address connected to a forum account.

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Re: "real name" forum policy

Post by Dudeman » Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:43 pm

What I find amusing, is that the article said the launch date for WoW was 1994. That's Warcraft, people. Not World of Warcraft

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Post by underthedeep » Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:06 am

Renegade_Turner wrote:Yes, I would rather love future employers finding my actual name and address connected to a forum account.

thats what i was thinking. my employer Hot Topic (music and movie fad sell out store) already lurkz my facebook enough, keeping me lowkey and private on that. I would hate for them to be nosing through my internet forum post.


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