It’s a fine line. Sometimes, it just happens one way or another. It also has a lot to do with how guilds are used to deal with this. In some guilds it will seem normal to exchange personal information, in others it won’t. In most cases, if its friendships within guilds, you might at least have forum messages; those are not very reliable, but better than nothing. Of course, if the guild goes belly up and the website disappears, so goes that way of contact.

But I know that doesn’t sit well with everyone, so I’ve tempered my open nature in light of the fear of coming off as someone who is on the hunt for someone’s personal info.

Great post!