[fridental]

Never ever I would sign up into a social network that doesn't publish any real-world contacts. Who are you, guys? Americans? Russians? Chinese? Why should I trust you with my online life, if I don't even know, where you live, what are your names and how your faces looks like?

And, in Germany, publishing of the real-world information is mandatory.

[CitrusFruits]

I mean, there's an email address and, if your really curious, you could have read the blog post linked in the main site that has my name associated with it.

https://dev.to/duensing/introducing-slow-social-4a90

But I see the larger point, there's trust that needs to be built, but I think the standards are going to be different for different people. The German legal requirements are also something I didn't know about. I do my best to protect and guard the personal information, and only request what's directly relevant for the app.

[CitrusFruits]

Also, I'm American and all the data is being stored stateside.

[sandworm101]

>> all the data is being stored stateside.

Which brings up all manner of privacy issues for those not stateside.

[throwaway0x7E6]

>And, in Germany, publishing of the real-world information is mandatory.

thankfully, nobody outside Germany has to give a fuck about German laws

[aaaaaaaaata]

Safe to assume they're not Germans, then! ;]

[glerk]

> Who are you, guys? Americans? Russians? Chinese?

We are all free citizens of the cyberspace here. Take your nationalism back to meatspace :)