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<br> <br><p><br> Mojang's Notch is a smart guy, not only in terms of game design, but also in the management of the company's 20 million or so Minecraft players. The designer has posted on his blog a poll to find out whether his cuboid buddies would be happy with the company's decision to collect anonymous data from its players.<br></p><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <br><p><br> Currently, Mojang only monitors when a player logs into the game. Notch's proposal is to also track "non-private information" like gameplay-session length and your PC's OS, whether you're playing in multiplayer or single mode, and whether you're playing with the client or the web applet. The data gathered will be made available to the community, "as usual."<br></p><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <br><p><br> "Naturally, the data sent will be completely private," said Notch. "So it wouldn't contain any session information or your user name, and it won't provide any sensitive