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#1 2012-06-07 22:55:08
- chanmanpartyman
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Age
Is asking for one's age or giving out your age considered private information? Just curious.
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#3 2012-06-08 08:01:28
- RedRocker227
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Re: Age
I don't really consider it so. Nothing's gonna happen if someone over the Internet knows your age (as long as that's the only thing they know).
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#4 2012-06-08 09:36:02
- PhirripSyrrip
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Re: Age
I doubt it counts. On the thread by the scratch team where the last set of Community Moderators were chosen, they all gave their ages. If a moderator does it, surely we can!
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#6 2012-06-08 12:27:53
- chanmanpartyman
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Re: Age
jvvg wrote:
Probably not, as there are tons of people around the world that are the same age as you. If you do give out your age, though, you should give a range (i.e. 15-17 years old).
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#7 2012-06-08 12:32:44
Re: Age
chanmanpartyman wrote:
jvvg wrote:
Probably not, as there are tons of people around the world that are the same age as you. If you do give out your age, though, you should give a range (i.e. 15-17 years old).
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On Mod Share, it does that because we don't ask for your birthday, just the year, so you can be two possible ages.
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#8 2012-06-08 12:36:04
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Re: Age
Ahh. I forgot all of the registration details
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#11 2012-06-10 05:38:36
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Re: Age
trinary wrote:
Age should be fine, as long as it is not their exact date of birth.
Well, uh, my username has my exact date of birth in it. :\
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#12 2012-06-10 10:10:02
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Re: Age
RedRocker227 wrote:
trinary wrote:
Age should be fine, as long as it is not their exact date of birth.
Well, uh, my username has my exact date of birth in it. :\
And now you've just told us that... Oh well, now I know when to say happy birthday :-)
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#14 2012-06-10 10:51:15
- RedRocker227
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Re: Age
PhirripSyrrip wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
trinary wrote:
Age should be fine, as long as it is not their exact date of birth.
Well, uh, my username has my exact date of birth in it. :\
And now you've just told us that... Oh well, now I know when to say happy birthday :-)
Haha.
James07 wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
trinary wrote:
Age should be fine, as long as it is not their exact date of birth.
Well, uh, my username has my exact date of birth in it. :\
February 27th?
Nope.
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#15 2012-06-10 11:29:54
Re: Age
RedRocker227 wrote:
PhirripSyrrip wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
trinary wrote:
Age should be fine, as long as it is not their exact date of birth.
Well, uh, my username has my exact date of birth in it. :\
And now you've just told us that... Oh well, now I know when to say happy birthday :-)
Haha.
James07 wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
Well, uh, my username has my exact date of birth in it. :\February 27th?
Nope.
July 22? (well, it's the only other logical possibility, because there isn't a 22 month or a 27 month)
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#16 2012-06-10 11:33:54
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Re: Age
bobbybee wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
PhirripSyrrip wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
trinary wrote:
Age should be fine, as long as it is not their exact date of birth.
Well, uh, my username has my exact date of birth in it. :\
And now you've just told us that... Oh well, now I know when to say happy birthday :-)
Haha.
James07 wrote:
February 27th?Nope.
July 22? (well, it's the only other logical possibility, because there isn't a 22 month or a 27 month)
Yeah, he's from the UK.
I never considered age to be personally identifiable information.
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#17 2012-06-10 11:38:16
Re: Age
scimonster wrote:
I never considered age to be personally identifiable information.
Is there even records of who was born when? (publicly available)
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#18 2012-06-10 12:36:04
Re: Age
bobbybee wrote:
scimonster wrote:
I never considered age to be personally identifiable information.
Is there even records of who was born when? (publicly available)
I think there are. However, if you give your age, that just gives a range of 365 possible days.
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#19 2012-06-10 13:38:32
Re: Age
It's not like someone is going to stalk you if you tell them your age, so I think it's okay.
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#20 2012-06-10 13:48:14
- chanmanpartyman
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Re: Age
RedRocker227 wrote:
trinary wrote:
Age should be fine, as long as it is not their exact date of birth.
Well, uh, my username has my exact date of birth in it. :\
Not the year though
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#21 2012-06-10 13:52:18
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Re: Age
chanmanpartyman wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
trinary wrote:
Age should be fine, as long as it is not their exact date of birth.
Well, uh, my username has my exact date of birth in it. :\
Not the year though
I have posted my age here before, though. I really don't see why it matters though, even if people know your exact age. There's thousands of people born each day, noone will be able to track you down by knowing your date of birth.
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#22 2012-06-10 14:08:12
- chanmanpartyman
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Re: Age
RedRocker227 wrote:
chanmanpartyman wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
Well, uh, my username has my exact date of birth in it. :\
Not the year though
I have posted my age here before, though. I really don't see why it matters though, even if people know your exact age. There's thousands of people born each day, noone will be able to track you down by knowing your date of birth.
Yeah, I had a cousin that was born on the 6th
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#23 2012-06-11 02:57:49
Re: Age
RedRocker227 wrote:
chanmanpartyman wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
Well, uh, my username has my exact date of birth in it. :\Not the year though
I have posted my age here before, though. I really don't see why it matters though, even if people know your exact age. There's thousands of people born each day, noone will be able to track you down by knowing your date of birth.
It narrows it down quite a lot, especially if they know your general location.
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#24 2012-06-11 03:13:02
- RedRocker227
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Re: Age
trinary wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
chanmanpartyman wrote:
Not the year thoughI have posted my age here before, though. I really don't see why it matters though, even if people know your exact age. There's thousands of people born each day, noone will be able to track you down by knowing your date of birth.
It narrows it down quite a lot, especially if they know your general location.
Which they shouldn't.
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