A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.
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Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM
@ Storyyeller: I do have my phone, but I've resisted google's efforts to get my personal information at every turn. I was really pissed off when they did the whole linking of google+ to youtube and they got my real name out of me then. But it's just not worth it anymore.
@ Thunderlane: That's awesome! I take it you're going to ask her out again?
If they're asking for security, they already had it. Otherwise it would be rather pointless.
Same here. But I'm confused about you not being able to log in. If they're asking just to collect the information, then it's always optional. You just have to click cancel or x or not now or whatever.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayI have never given them my phone number until now, and yeah, it doesn't make any sense from a security standpoint. I'm pretty sure they set up the system this way to force information out of the holdouts. The only way around it is to input information about your usage of google services that no right-minded person keeps track of, like the month and year you signed up and what other google services you use. "None" isn't one of the available choices either, which means that there is no way I could get access without giving my number.
The location thing sort of makes sense. If you assume that people never travel outside of their home city in 2013.
edited 25th Dec '13 7:29:28 PM by CDRW
Wait, did you have only a Youtube account and just get forced to create a Google account? Apparently you know need a phone number to create a Google account and people with legacy accounts are being forced to create an associated Google account, so that might be it.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play@Thunderlane Well certainly a lot better than my sister saying to my ol' man that she will wake up early just to open her presents only when she DOES wake up she CALLS the family "stupid" because we are "not "celebrating" all because they are busy in the kitchen preparing for the meal.
edited 25th Dec '13 7:41:10 PM by Starscream759
"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus PrimeYeah, that's pretty much what happened. I was forced to make a google+ account a while ago just to access my youtube stuff, and they just now forced me to give them my phone number to keep it. Sure, I could have just waited until I got home and then go back to business as usual for a while, but then what happens when I have to move?
@Ike: Chess is less about intelligence and more about knowing common positions and how to respond to them. 95% of non-casual chess play is metagame; if you don't actively study for it or have a savant-level skill to start with, you're going to have a rough time.
As for the google thing, I've dodged the real name bullet for now (I entered a nickname as my name, and my last initial instead of my full last name; I do have an account with my full name but I only use it for work), and the #1 entry on this article sums up what happened pretty well.
edited 25th Dec '13 7:44:38 PM by JapaneseTeeth
Reaction Image RepositoryDefinitely. It's a shame they're pushing it so hard for everything. I can understand why they're doing it, but it's still disapointing. I don't even know anyone who actually uses it apart from Google employees.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayI only have a Google plus account so I can fave videos on youtube. That's all I do with it, so it honestly doesn't bug me that much.
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@Thunderlane Were the names in french by chance?
"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime