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WraithGear@lemmy.world 14 hours agothe discussion happens right now, because i said so, because others are talking about it. and the data is useless when anything can be put in, it’s not used for anything, and it can’t be verified. it fails all three tests in gushing usefulness
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 14 hours ago
Why hasn’t the discussion started when
realNamewas introduced?Someone may find these data points useful, for whatever reason. No point in being angry at a date field, mate.
WraithGear@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
let’s also talk about that then. we need to remove that immediately
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 14 hours ago
Again: what authority do you have to decide which data fields are useful, and which aren’t?
How do you personally differentiate between “useful” and “useless”? Is it: “I have no need for it therefore it needs to be removed”, by any chance?
WraithGear@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
by your claim, the field can have any series of numbers, that there is no way to determine if it is accurate, and the law that this was done to appease is bad, as in not able to obtain its expected result. and so the data is useless.
if some api/program/government wishes to get my information, they can ask me so that i may decline. there is no use case that these fields are a benefit to the user. and as such must be wrenched out with the fervor reserved for denying a fey creature your name.
if the argument is that these entities can get my name by other means anyway, then this data is redundant and useless.