Because... they're literally not the same? How exactly is someone knowing my gender the same as they knowing my exact birth date? What can someone possibly achieve with the first?? It's not sensitive information.
AYRT I never said they are the same, I said they are similar. Hopefully you are aware that there are enough weirdos on FR or other sites that specifically choose non-straight people and then try to follow their links to other sites, google their usernames or try to find other information from various tidbits... Frankly, without a birthyear, I'd ask what you can do with only birthday as it doesn't contain any automatic positive or negative (or even true) information. Regardless, looping back to my original comment, neither birthdate nor lgbtq status are necessary to play FR, and both can be considered sensitive information (privacy laws and policies frequently lump them as examples of same point), hence I still do not understand - and you don't seem to be able to provide any explanation - why they are treated differently.
Except there's a page full of people who have provided you with an explanation. I agree with the person who said they feel like this is a poor faith argument. You know that the person you responded to meant "same" to mean "similar". You are choosing to equate sensitive identifying information with what a person identifies as/with and they are not "similar". Saying, "I'm a lesbian that likes dragons," is not the same as giving someone information they can then use to get into your accounts or track you down in real life. All I'm getting from your argument is that you have a problem with pride flags, but are looking for some type of argument that makes you look like it's a logistical issue for you and not what it actually is.
Staff didn’t remove birthdays to stop harassment. They removed them because a birthday is a lot more traceable to a person than gender identity is, and this is a site full of minors.
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Re: Pride Vistas
(Anonymous) 2023-01-19 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)Because... they're literally not the same? How exactly is someone knowing my gender the same as they knowing my exact birth date? What can someone possibly achieve with the first?? It's not sensitive information.
Re: Pride Vistas
(Anonymous) 2023-01-19 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)I never said they are the same, I said they are similar. Hopefully you are aware that there are enough weirdos on FR or other sites that specifically choose non-straight people and then try to follow their links to other sites, google their usernames or try to find other information from various tidbits... Frankly, without a birthyear, I'd ask what you can do with only birthday as it doesn't contain any automatic positive or negative (or even true) information. Regardless, looping back to my original comment, neither birthdate nor lgbtq status are necessary to play FR, and both can be considered sensitive information (privacy laws and policies frequently lump them as examples of same point), hence I still do not understand - and you don't seem to be able to provide any explanation - why they are treated differently.
Re: Pride Vistas
(Anonymous) 2023-01-19 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Pride Vistas
(Anonymous) 2023-01-19 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Pride Vistas
(Anonymous) 2023-01-19 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)argument ignored
DA
(Anonymous) 2023-01-19 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)I am confused
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Re: DA
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