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Catlady · 05-11-2016, 01:02 PM

How does Kobo know how old its users are?

Any self-reported demographic information is easily skewed. Perhaps it's just me, but I never ever give my age to a retailer or Web site of any sort--since there's usually a drop-down menu, I use the first year shown, which generally means I'm 100 years old at the time I first sign up. Or if I have to enter a year on my own, I enter 1900. I simply don't see a reason to provide my age to a store, so I don't.

05-11-2016, 01:02 PM	#4
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,345 Karma: 52398889 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	How does Kobo know how old its users are? Any self-reported demographic information is easily skewed. Perhaps it's just me, but I never ever give my age to a retailer or Web site of any sort--since there's usually a drop-down menu, I use the first year shown, which generally means I'm 100 years old at the time I first sign up. Or if I have to enter a year on my own, I enter 1900. I simply don't see a reason to provide my age to a store, so I don't.