Walrus (@walrus.northsky.social)

Whats your motive in making data like nationality and approximate date of birth public? It seems like users have/had the option to not have their full name made public, do users have the option to hide their nationality or approximate date of birth as well? If not, then why?

Lucas (@lucasp.eurosky.social)

It says “your name will be public”. Not your Birthdate, nationality and so on.

Jan Lindblad (@jan.wsocial.eu)

Hi Matthew, Thanks for the heads up! I am indeed ok with sharing this information publicly -- it was my informed choice. To foster trust and safety online, I think it fair to know and share current nationality and rough age (+/- 18 months). Sharing legal name is only for those who wish to do so.

W Social (@wsocial.eu)

And a follow up question. Who are you? Why are you anonymous?

W Social (@wsocial.eu)

This is not a leak. It is public information all our users have given consent when they verified

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