Yeetoburro1 wrote:

And North Korea is fake because people there cannot access US websites, to my knowledge.

Actually, they can’t access any websites.

JPOWERPUFFGIRLS wrote:

ccl12478 wrote:

Ihatr wrote:

These are only used for statistics. If you want to, just put in fake stuff.

I didn't know that, but why do they need to know STATISTICS about us that we would rather not share? And I honestly don't want to be dishonest either.

They need Statistics because ummmmmmm… inside reasons and wouldn't some people like to know how many Scratcher's their age there are
Not all people would be unsure about sharing their location, age and gender

is their any part of the privacy policy or scratch wiki that gives that reason why they need the information? if not i'm doomed

]if you use the google CS program and make your own teacher account + student, you can create a fully anonymous account with no personal data shared.

(no personal username, no personal password, no personal date of birth, no personal location, no personal email etc)
i know, but i want to make my own username. I wish scratch had a change username option. it's too bad it's a rejected suggestion.

ccl12478 wrote:

JPOWERPUFFGIRLS wrote:

ccl12478 wrote:

Ihatr wrote:

These are only used for statistics. If you want to, just put in fake stuff.

I didn't know that, but why do they need to know STATISTICS about us that we would rather not share? And I honestly don't want to be dishonest either.

They need Statistics because ummmmmmm… inside reasons and wouldn't some people like to know how many Scratcher's their age there are
Not all people would be unsure about sharing their location, age and gender

is their any part of the privacy policy or scratch wiki that gives that reason why they need the information? if not i'm doomed

I'm not sure if it's said in the Privacy Policy, but they need the info for statistics.

JPOWERPUFFGIRLS wrote:

kChiaEC19 wrote:

Mr_PenguinAlex wrote:

There's an option to not say your gender.

Yes, I know that there is a “Prefer not to say” option for anyone who wants to be neither honest or dishonest about their gender. The OP may want to ask their mom to actually read (or reread in case of a possible misunderstanding, if it was read before) Scratch's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, rather than blindly accepting them and not knowing the Scratcher is bound to it. However, speaking of gender, I even once managed to sign up for a Scratch account (it's now deleted and I don't remember the username) without selecting any gender at all by not clicking on any of the radio buttons (though the birth month/year, country, and email for password resets was required and not optional) and the registration still went through without any problems. Speaking of the OP's specific case, the mother and him/her probably got most disappointed at the birthdate part because it's more sensitive than the country or gender. The gender isn't asked until the birthdate is already specified, so since the birthdate went first, some random information may have been put in just so the mother and the OP only knew what the registration form asks for, but the actual signup submission may have been cancelled — though the form might have been filled out just for them to know what the registration form looks and feels like.

I still don't understand how the birthdate is sensitive

i know, i am just really nervous to ask my mom. she's kinda strict and i don't want her to get mad, but i don't want to give up either.

Yeah, just put January 1st [actual year] because the year you were born isn't going to reveal much about you, also all the data on the statistics page is annonymized, so someone looking at it would have no idea how old you actually are. Just so long as you don't share personal info publicly you're fine.