I was gong to join for membership, but then I saw that my birthdate was required. The only reason I could think of that my b-day was needed was to send Marketing offers to certain age groups and I hate SPAM....,

For the record:

• The age field is NOT required. The code on the will be adjusted so that you can leave this field blank if you do not wish to enter this information.
• We use the age field as a verification that you are an adult. It's a very basic way that we protect ourselves from allowing under-age people to see nude images
• We will, never, ever, ever, ever spam people. Yes, we will be sending out a newsletter, but you can easily decline it by clicking this option in your Member Profile. (And newsletters aren't "spam"- they are sent only to members of the site, not the general public.)
• I don't believe we are asking for any more "private" information that other community sites ask for. At the risk of sounding blunt: did you enter your e-mail and age when joining Renderosity?

--John

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