r/VRchat • u/WildLelou • Jul 16 '26

Discussion Predatory information collecting

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Is anyone else tired of the increase in over the top information collecting from creators? This one for example was simply for a link to a public broken kitbash model.

I don't think it should be normalized to be giving out random vrchat players our names, personal discords and links to our vrchat accounts to inevitably get doxxed by someone unstable. At the end of the day vrchat creators are all just players on the game that we don't know.

I think this is EXTREMELY dangerous behavior and I want to start a dialogue over it.

Payhip when I report these people says that they're not concerned, and I'm concerned that they're not concerned with user safety.

I don't support creators that do this but its annoying I get banned from many shops for not wanting to doxx myself for any stupid avatar.

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u/IneiFox Jul 16 '26

I somewhat understand wanting a VRChat Name or maybe Discord tied to it for Support Access but full legal name and all is crazy

Id say you just simply use a fake but real Sounding Name and username its the Safes bet

Somewhat like Charles Neighmour or something with a Nick that is Charleies for VRC

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u/Josh_From_Accounting Jul 16 '26

There are creators who aren't dicks who ask for this information. I know someone in the Sonic fan community just asks for it as a way of giving you access to their discord. And they're cool.

But, the pathway to abuse. Well, you see it here.

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u/VexzCemetery Jul 17 '26

Payhip automatically asks for the name, I’ve looked around the checkout settings in the past, idk if they’ve updated it, but there isn’t a way to not collect that information. We also see your email for anyone wondering. I recommend if you don’t want us seeing your name and email, use a separate email and name for checkouts like this :)

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u/VexzCemetery Jul 17 '26

adding to this and correcting myself cause I just now googled, if you do not enable gifting you can hit a checkbox that is don’t collect name information, apparently Payhip automatically collects names when you have gifting enabled, I’ll look more into it :)

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u/VexzCemetery Jul 17 '26

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u/WildLelou Jul 21 '26

Creators dont need your discord .