1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
2. Cookies We Use
We use two categories of cookies: strictly necessary cookies required for the platform to function, and advertising cookies placed by Google AdSense to serve relevant ads.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| better-auth.session_token | Authentication session | Session | Strictly Necessary |
| sidebar_state | Remembers sidebar open/closed state | 30 days | Strictly Necessary |
| Vercel Analytics | NONE. Uses beacon API, sets zero cookies. | — | — |
| Google AdSense | Serves personalized advertisements based on prior browsing history. Set by Google (googlesyndication.com, doubleclick.net). | Up to 13 months | Advertising |
3. Third-Party Cookies
When you sign in using third-party social identity providers, they may place cookies on your device during the authentication process:
- Google OAuth: Google sets session and security cookies on the
google.comdomain during the sign-in flow. - Discord OAuth: Discord sets session and security cookies on the
discord.comdomain during the sign-in flow.
These cookies are not controlled by us and are set directly by the respective providers.
4. Google AdSense Advertising Cookies
This website uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. These cookies are placed by Google LLC and its advertising partners.
- Opt out of personalized ads: Visit Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info.
- Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
5. Managing Cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. Most web browsers allow you to manage cookie preferences through their settings:
- You can block or delete all cookies already on your device.
- If you block or disable all cookies in your browser, some parts of the Service (such as secure authentication and signing in) will not function.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any updates will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.