Ah O :: Looks like someone is looking to make lots of changes and possibly take over this site .......
Hrmm, I really don't know about the age thing... Personally I have no problem with sharing my age with anyone that asks. But I think that there will be people unhappy with sharing their actual age. We do have some minors that and the like, that wouldn't like to show their actual age.
I don't see a problem with it as long as it is optional....However, as Beardman said, the issue could be with members who are not of consenting age and further, you have to be careful in this age of identity theft. While some of those features are nice to have on a forum like this, sometimes too much information is not always a good thing....
I'm not sure how I feel about this. If someone had your age they are one step closer to having your full birth date information. In this day and age that's a valuable piece of information.
Nope. Opt out.
If you click on someone's profile, you can already see their age there. That is if they wanted it listed. It is just not where someone makes a post.
Quote from: marshd1000 on January 13, 2013, 10:11:44 PMIf you click on someone's profile, you can already see their age there. That is if they wanted it listed. It is just not where someone makes a post.Adding on to what Marsh said, the comforting thing is that, only SBG members can see members' profile information. Many of us have casually mentioned our ages through posting or whatever. Further, if a member elects to list his/her birthday, a small cake icon will appear next to the member's age on the day that person listed as their birthday. I think for the most part, we all feel pretty comfortable about each other and can share minor details with each other on occasion. That said, I want to remind you gentlemen (and ladies) that if a member is making your visits to the site uncomfortable for whatever reason, PLEASE PM me or another mod immediately. Not saying that this is happening here, and in Gary's defense I know he didn't mean any harm, but it is OK to NOT share things about yourselves that you don't want out there. (FWIW, there is a thread asking what age are you, and any member is welcome to participate in that thread.)