User blog comment:OmniDragon10/My Opinion on Age Announcements/@comment-4050367-20140622130248/@comment-4897796-20140622172037

Well, Sci, despite the obvious extremeness and even higher possibility, I say that (2) (except for Political Beliefs) and (3) are very necessary need-to-know basis.

TIME TO EXPLAIN THE LONG DETAILED WAAAY!


 * Gender: Hey, when I want to talk about someone, I need to know if I call him a "she" or a "he". I can't just call everyone an "it". Its really rude.
 * Marital Status: Maybe I won't, but I know that when sometimes two people interact (even if they are the same gender, lots of homos around, no offense) they might try to make a move on each other. Maybe one of them is married! What will the other one do, then?!
 * Race/Ethnicity/Origin/Nationality/Color: While this IS rude, lots of people might just blurt out some accidental offense to one of the Races/Ethnicities/Origins/Nationalities/Colors, and another happens to be part of that very Race/Ethnicity/Origin/Nationality/Color, then their friendship will be ruined, and lots of tension, that could end up on extreme cases as turning enemies. The other way round is also true, sometimes, certain religions are sworn enemies of others, and it is a shameful sin to befriend one of that. That's not in my religion, but suppose a close friend of mine was actually my sworn enemy, then I should've known if he was so.
 * Family Status: While this is somewhat inappropriate to tell, what if the other person is an orphan? And the other one mentions his parents like crazy, inducing the former with emotional pain. This once happened with a friend of mine, and he was really really annoyed. Do you want that to happen?