Blizzard Adds Timestamps To WoW Armory

Posted by Soulskill on Monday January 18, 2010 @10:25PM from the hope-your-boss-doesn't-know-your-character-name dept.

Kharny writes "In a move that could cause serious privacy problems for players of World of Warcraft, Blizzard has added timestamps and an RSS feed to the game's online armory site. This new feature will mean that anyone can follow 'real-time' developments in a World of Warcraft character, which display the exact time and date, so that others can see that person's playing habits. Many players have already complained about the fact that there is no opt-out setting, and this opens very big possibilities for online stalking."

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Re:Great time to stop playing WoW by Chess+Piece+Face · 2010-01-19 09:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"just because people aren't sat in the same room talking face to face doesn't mean they're not talking."
But it does mean that they aren't making eye contact, using body language, touching, smelling, serving food, or any of the other things that make actual socialization superior to virtual socialization. This is where the "WoW counts as social interaction" argument falls apart - so many elements are missing that it barely qualifies and certainly is not a complete experience.