Phil Watson's dashboard

Hi Ms. or Mr. Beth,

I think Spock follows a standard that's uniform across the majority of websites. The reality is that all sites only have male or female as options. If you gave me a fill-in choice, I'd put "cheeseburger" as my gender.
I don't even think I've seen a registration process that allows for the option you present. Spock does, however, allow you to tag yourself as a transgender to identify yourself.

Blame society and not Spock!

This should be fixed now because I'm able to remove those links. If you still see ones in red that you thought you removed, try removing your vote and then voting "no" again.

You can email Spock at info@corp.spock.com with the URL of your search result and they'll remove it. If your information is personal, it should be made private.

You can email info@corp.spock.com. Be sure to include the URL of your Spock search result in the email.

Spock right now works much faster and with fewer issues with Firefox. You will definitely notice a difference when voting on tags.

You can message her through her page. There should be a "Send message" up top. After that, you guys can have tea and crumpets :)

J.O.D.,

Justin worked your ass. HAHAHAHA.

J.O.D., since you spend so much time talking about Spock, why don't you interview for a position. Check out: http://www.spock.com/jobs.

You'll need to send it your resume. Wait, Spock probably has your LinkedIn profile.

Everything is ranked so your main picture will be the one with the highest vote score, or the latest one you've uploaded if they all have the same score. To remove a photo, click the blue triangle next to it and then click change vote and remove vote.

Those guys do not know how to vote or are abusing the system to increase their Spock Power. Please keep in mind that these people do not represent the majority of Spock users. I'm sure that when Spock adjusts its computation for Spock Power, those guys will do that stuff less when they see their scores plummet.

Just ignore or reject the trust requests for now. Those guys are building a network or are lonely.

Yeah, some people will upload generic tags such as "Spock user" to get more points... or they don't understand Spock's concept of relevant searches.

This answer isn't as eloquent as Justin Brown's, but I hope it'll suffice.

Ok guys, I have a little story/metaphor for you. It's about "the Internet".

Sab, Maria, J.O.D., Charles--

You are in a mall. It's a very crowded mall. There are lots of people milling around. You are wearing a name tag. You chose what to put on your name tag. My name tag reads "catgofire". Your name tag might also include other information, such as your real name, your age, or what TV shows you like to watch. Anything, really. Sometimes my name tag reads "Justin Brown, male, 20, likes House and The Office, lives in Pittsburgh PA".

This mall has a lot of stores. You can change your name tag when you enter each store, but most people choose to just keep their name tag the same in all stores-- it's easier that way. All guests who enter the store are required to sign a guestbook. They can sign it however they'd like, and it's usually just with the information that's on their name tag.

Remember that through all of this, you are free to decide what to do. You don't even have to enter the mall if you don't want to. You can change your name tag as often as you like, and you can also put completely false information on your name tag. It's your choice to enter stores, but most stores have the policy that once you've signed their guestbook, you cannot easily remove your entry. So keep this in mind when entering stores.

This mall is not only for shopping and entertainment... it's become a social sensation where people like to just hang out with their friends and meet new people. But there are so many people in the mall, it's really hard sometimes to find who you're looking for. Enter Spock. Spock is this really smart guy who has gone around and read all the guestbooks and memorized their information. He knows this won't be a problem because the people who signed the guestbook /chose/ to do so with information they /chose/ to share. I tell Spock that I'm looking for my classmates from "Grayslake high school". *Poof*! Spock shows me where they are, and maybe even their pictures if they /chose/ to leave one in a guestbook. I thank Spock, because I wouldn't have found these people otherwise.

But now I hear a ruckus and I look over to see people trying to start a fight with Spock! "What has Spock done?" I think to myself, "Has he broken into someone's home and stolen their information? Has he taken something from someone without their consent and put it on display?" Spock sees me watching and knows what I'm thinking. "That's impossible!" Spock yells. "I can't leave this mall! I can't even read name tags! All I can do is read guestbooks!" "Strange," I think, "These people are mad at Spock for reading their guestbook entry? The entry they wrote themselves, with full knowledge that it was a guestbook and not a diary? What's wrong here?"

I think what's wrong is that some guestbooks give the illusion of being a diary. Not all guestbooks have big warnings that say "This is public information! Do not write anything here that you don't want everyone to know!" And maybe they should. But Spock has no way of discerning that. He just reads their content.

Try using a different browser or refreshing your page

I'm with you on this. My dog had his identity stolen and it took me thousands of dollars to salvage his credit.

J.O.D, you can control the information you put on Spock. It's not smart to put your SSN on your search result, but things like hobbies, interests, occupation, etc. are general but good information. Users can use this to find and connect with you.

Try refreshing the page or use another browser

Inside the blue bar (at the top) and to the right, click "Claim" and then enter your logon credentials. The Spock guys said this about the credentials:

1) They are used to verify your identity and also prevent others from claiming your search result.
2) Spock does not store your username or password information. It is a one-time step only used for validation purposes.