Quote from: DireWolfM14 on November 21, 2019, 04:08:52 PM

@Quickseller,
I don't understand why you think collecting data about earned merit, trust settings, edited posts, support/opposition of trust flags... is acceptable, but a list of URLs found in users' signatures is not.

I think it's about building a database and searching for plagiarism and alt accounts, not about signatures.

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If you are concerned about privacy why aren't you complaining about LoyceV's trust setting viewer, or trust flag support/opposition pages? That seems like a much more a breach of individual privacy.

I like to think of it as adding missing forum features. In an ideal world, the forum itself would offer a Trust and Flag viewer.
You can argue about storing Trust lists (weekly) and Flag supporters (daily) to be checked months later, but I prefer nutildah's interpretation:

Quote from: nutildah on September 14, 2019, 07:59:29 AM

You've single-handedly managed to create a new level of transparency for the forum and its activities by keeping all this stuff documented and well-formatted.

Quote from: DireWolfM14 on November 21, 2019, 04:08:52 PM

Disclaimer: I'm not complaining about LoyceV's trust pages. I find them very useful, and don't believe they are a breach of privacy. All the information is publicly available, LoyceV just makes it more easily accessible.

Just for the record: I've shared my view on data collection in another topic.