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Re: Changes to Brickshelf?
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:37:26 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Kevin Loch wrote:

   First and last names are not collected or displayed due to privacy concerns.

What privacy concerns? I’ve got nothing to hide. Quite the contrary in fact. I want people to see my name next to my mocs.

   Also, in the unlikely event that someone under 13 uses the site we want t o comply with US privacy laws. There is nothing to stop a use from uploading a text file with their personal information or including their real name in a folder description for easier searching.

There’s nothing stopping people who are concerned about privacy from using a pseudonym either. This seems to be a solution looking for a problem.

I am curious how merely storing and displaying a name can cause privacy concerns though.

   There is also nothing to stop someone form including elements of their real name in their username.

Fair enough. How do I go about changing my username? Also, short of spending several hours of my life wrangling brickshelf’s cumbersom interface with copious amounts of deleting and re-uploading pictures, how do I go about moving all my pictures into a new subfolder with my name in the title? Would it be possible to get some sort of drag and drop interface happening?

In the meantime, may I suggest that anyone who hasn’t done so to include a link to your brickshelf folder on your lugnet member page, so at least a search my name can be made indirectly.

Cheers,

Allister



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(...) Correct me if I'm wrong, but for someone who is paying nothing to use a service that would normally require a monthly fee, you're an awfully demanding user... And I assume that you are unaware of the difficulties associated with web (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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(...) First and last names are not collected or displayed due to privacy concerns. Also, in the unlikely event that someone under 13 uses the site we want t o comply with US privacy laws. There is nothing to stop a use from uploading a text file (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)

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