I agree, but what about the rest of us? My real name is pretty distinctive, I sure as **** don't want some mouthbreather finding my facebook page or something and harassing me, my friends and my relatives because I won a roll over him, or called him out for being a ninja on my realm forum, or whatever (if this sounds like an extreme example then you are obviously not aware of the exploits of some of 4chan or SA's less upstanding members). Is this small victory over the minority really worth disadvantaging the whole? These kind of tactics remind me of primary school teachers who would keep everyone after class because one slimy little **** wouldn't own up to drawing a dick on the chalkboard. It's juvenile, and everyone loses out in the end.
This is actually kind of enlightening. If this is what they consider "spam" or "trolling," it's little wonder they'd go this far to prevent people from having ****ing opinions.
What?
Because no one has a name any more distinctive than "John Smith." Can you imagine if Moon Unit Zappa was trying to post there? Again, extreme example, but as people have already stated in this very thread, there most certainly exist names unique enough for them to be located with a simple Google search. Not to mention you're taking context completely out of the equation. What if someone is playing in a guild composed of members only from a certain area? What if they let trivial details about themselves slip on the forums that otherwise they wouldn't think twice about mentioning? There are so many other factors that could narrow down the search if someone wanted to discover your real identity enough, and if you think I'm grasping at straws here, you obviously aren't familiar with the level of internet detectivery sites like Something Awful employ on a regular basis (granted, usually to hilarious effect, but my point stands).
