It's as public as Youtube's
No, it isn't. Any advertiser can say I'd like to present an add to anyone who liked video XXXXX and Google will do it. Elvenar does not advertise other companies' products to us. Nobody can say "Show my add to anyone who posted in this thread." Nobody.
And let's not forget, Google already knows who you are if you use the mobile app. with your IP address. In order to get rewards in Elvenar, you also have to have an email address for them to contact you. And yes, you are tracked unless you use a boatload of anti-trackers. I get hits all the time because I play Elvenar with a browser, even in my Google newsfeed! Unless someone is extremely vigilant and hidden, they will be known, no matter what.
I don't permit any persistent cookies except for the ones I specify, and I consistently use a vpn. If I use a Youtube account (which is automatically attached to a google account) they don't need a cookie. They have indexed every email I've sent and received, and can tie it to any video I like or watch.
You're bypassing my main point. You choose your poison.
Not bypassing anything. I am expressing my disinclination to enter contests that require me to use a social media account. As it is my right to do.
Elvenstats - how do they scrape that information from an Elvenar account, when the 2 aren't even affiliated? Of course it's an invasion of privacy! lol
You just don't get it. They don't "scrape" anything that anyone couldn't get if they wanted to. Anyone who visits your city can see your score, and your rank, and all of your buildings, what level they are, how many KP are in your Ancient Wonders, how much space your city takes up. Anyone wants to can go into the list of city names after the tournament and see how many points you got, and what your standing was. Elvenstats doesn't have any information that isn't available to anyone. They're just doing all the work and doing all the math and consolidating it and making it look pretty. They still can't go to an advertiser and say we can present an add to anyone who spent more than $100 on diamonds last month and has an email in their outbox that has the words "buying a car" in them. Elvenar and youtube are an entire universe apart in marketing because they can see inside your emails, and have publicly said that they will.
You've already said how much you're into erotica. I'd guess you're more than well-tracked through those websites, 19 email addresses or not. lol
No. I've said I market erotica. I write it, and I sell it (because it pays better than most other markets). The only websites I need to visit are where I'm selling it and the social media accounts where I advertise it and engage with fans. You are once again displaying that you don't know how to take two logically distinct things and avoid making assumptions about how they connect.
And to loop back to the start, if I were trolling skeevy sights for erotica, it would be through a unique browser instance and vpn, with no cookies retained. Because I understand the power of data, and how to avoid making myself any more a part of it than I need to. Which is why I'm irritated by a company, to which I pay money, expecting me to sign up for an assortment of social media sites and publicly connect myself to them in order to be able to win a mediocre prize.
I note you focus on the 16% of my writing related accounts that relate to erotica, and not the 84% related to mainstream writing, but it's exactly what I expected. People without actual arguments love finding a way to attack the character of their opponents. It's quite human, and quite predictable.
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