Anyone else feel uncomfortable when random strangers marked "friends" start asking you personal details about yourself? What your name is? What your ethnicity is? If you're married or single? Yada-yada-yada. Because I had to block 3 people because of this, I can't be the only one.
FooDang3 votesPeople I will never meet do not need to know my real name.
AthenasVendetta2 votesSo you are a teacher? Or just a hall monitor? hehe
Jk, dont kill me
Dolasaur2 votesI don't personally. I'm friends with people who have had bad experiences with people online (e.g. one friend got something in the mail from someone she played a game with even without giving out any information), and some won't play online with strangers at all because of that. And there's everything in between.
If someone asks my gender, I don't mind giving that, simply because English sounds really weird if you avoid pronouns. (And using s/he sounds distant/unfriendly, and flipping a coin or making an assumption feels silly.) I've never had anyone ask my relationship status or ethnicity. I think I'd be comfortable giving that information out if we were having a relevant discussion (like about premarital agreements or racial tensions), but it would be pretty creepy if it was out of the blue. First name I'd probably give out if I was in voice chat for something, because it might feel weird if everyone's calling each other Amanda or Tim and I'm Dolasaur.
"I had to block" - Like you told them "I don't want to share that" and they kept pestering or started harassing you? Or like that was a red flag to you and you immediately went to block them? Unless it was something that was obviously creeper level of identifying you (like asking for your last name or out-of-game contact info), the latter seems like it might cut off people that you genuinely could have enjoyed being friends with. But of course, feeling safe is important, so I wouldn't judge you for following the instincts if that is the situation you're in.
Critmaster Garen1 votesyou just listed your own solution.
or you could say the same i do. "im uncomfortable with sharing private informtion with strangers." end of discussion.
L Psy Kongroo1 votesStrangers will stop being strangers when they turn into friends. Once you get to know each other, they won't be strangers anymore. :)
Proxy3451 votesPeople do that all the time in like every game,especially MMOs lol
KuroCaliber1 votesHmmm, I do like to learn more if I spend a lot of games with the person, and genuinely like playing with them. I do back off if they voice being uncomfortable however, and don't pursue it any further. I get that never meeting someone does make it kind of strange to talk about out of game things, but I do put the same level of respect with my real life friends as I do with people I send friend requests to online. I think it just means different things to different people. Some people like you keep it a strictly in game relation, and some people like me genuinely want to be friends, and since we'll never have a chance to meet outside of League, I hope to hear their stories. Although I'd have to agree that asking questions as personal as those out of the blue is uncharacteristically creepy. As bad as it is, it's true again that people have different definitions as to what "friends" means in league.
