Pedigree Anonymity (2)

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(02-05-2013 01:35 AM)Piraiyah Novikov Wrote:  

(02-05-2013 01:10 AM)deerylou Resident Wrote:  

(02-05-2013 01:01 AM)LadyBrighid Resident Wrote:  As with any decision that someone makes, there are consequences, some positive, some negative, some neutral. If you choose to incorporate alts into your breeding practices, you should also be willing to accept the results of that.

But there was nothing anyone 'accepted' on an alt as this feature was only implemented at 6pm today. No one knew that their alts would one day be revealed and the privacy of an alt is something taken quite seriously on Second Life, whether the person chooses to breed on this alt in-world while focusing on designing for their store in peace without the distractions on their main or any other reason.

And I'm all for having breeders and owners shown, I think it's a wonderful concept and I wish we had this sooner, but there really needs to be a method to hide these alt names if that individual so chooses. If you see a consistent alt as the breeder and the owner as someone else (who happens to generally be the same person) in the pedigree, it's not hard to put two and two together, even for past breedings that no one needed to 'accept the results' to because this feature was nonexistent prior to today.

I can see the anonymity point.

Maybe KC could have it turned on from now on only? That is, adding "Unknown" to all breeders prior to this date. Because I really think this setting is too important to toss away, as it is very useful.

Having the option to turn it off would just make me suspicious if anything. At least that's my immediate reaction.

Suspicious of what though? I don't understand.