Comment Re:Pretty Obvious Reasoning (Score 1) 432
@micahwhipple It's too much to type out on Twitter, so I've made a blog for you, Micah.
Here's what I see:
Sue Smith can't post without everyone knowing she's female. Women in the video games world frequently face harassment; this isn't news.
Timothy Chan and Jose Perez can't post without everyone knowing their ethnicity. It shouldn't come as a shock to you that people of different ethnicities face harassment as well.
Exotic McUniquename can't post without (1) his posts being tied to his name forever through google searches and (2) everyone who reads his posts and disagrees with him digging up information on him. I think you're familiar with this one?
John Smith can post anonymously and without fear of harassment. His name doesn't reveal that he's a vulnerable female. His name doesn't reveal that he's a targeted minority. His name doesn't reveal everything about him with one simple search. He is safe.
John gets to post on your new forums without fear. For Sue and Timothy and Jose and Exotic, well, they can just not post, right? Won't the forums be a much nicer place once all those "different" people are gone?
I totally agree that this would happen if such a system was to be implemented in an environment like Blizzar'd forums.