It’s Jason Miller. Naysayers don’t understand there are always kinks to work out on such a huge platform. People are already reporting huge uptick in engagement because there’s no shadow banning like on Twitter.
Also as for data breach? I had to give my birthdate. That’s it. Hardly a big breach of data.
People on FR are living in the dark ages. I mean, look at the dinosaur FR is technically. This site is so far behind any semblance of current tech and ability to interact better with fellow posters yet the old timers here don’t have a clue.
I could be called an old timer because I’ve been on her since the 90’s but I know a lot about tech. You have to laugh them off.
I like the old school simplicity of the FR. No nonsense and straight forward without any hidden tricks. I would like to see them lose Google, and trade for a server or in house analytics, but other than that it is hard to hide anything because of the simplicity of it.
As for the birth date issue... A simple “You agree that you are at least XX years old to enter” would suffice... Even if you ask for a birthdate they could lie anyhow. So it is no good and useless anyhow, why even have that birthdate field then?
Unless it is a tool for future positive identification? They already have your email address, they already have your IP and carrier info, and unless you are using a burn phone to connect to the net as a modem they have your name, address, and device serial number they can get from your carrier. The only thing left for a positive ID is your self supplied birthdate.
That is the problem now days, everyone is striving for more complication rather than simplicity. What is not truly needed just needs to be eliminated.