I think it is about time Blizzard introduces BattleTags for the WoW Forums. Honestly, the current list of problems with the forums are the reasoning to why the forums need BattleTags.
So what are BTags?
A BattleTag™ is a player-chosen nickname that identifies your Battle.net account in our games, websites, community forums, and more. Only one BattleTag can be associated with a Battle.net account.
BattleTags do not need to be unique. You can use any name you want, as long as it follows our Naming Policy. 2 Each BattleTag is assigned a numeric ID to create a unique identifier (for example, FallenSlayer#3592).
Why does the forum need BTags?
As mentioned earlier, there is so many problems with the current system that well, enables trolling and harassment within the community. Take for example:
- People can continue to switch between alts to mass like there own or someones post over and over, or mass flag the same post over and over.
- People can switch alts to bypass the forum ignore.
- People can switch between alts to troll the forums to act like multiple different people.
- People can switch between alts to even name and impersonate as someone.
These are just a few examples, but these are what does tend to happen on the forums. Understandably though, these do break the Code of Conduct and not everything can just be “reported”, although Blizzard moderation does tend to pick up on somethings that players can’t.
Where with BTags, it stops from switching between alts do stuff like:
- Bypassing the forum ignore of another user
- Stops from mass liking or mass flagging the same post.
- Limits people from trolling (If they are being ignored, there is less bites for them, which might decrease it over time.)
- Can even stop people from impersonating others.
