Help/FAQ

What is this?

This is the login system for dirtSimple, Inc.'s self-improvement sites and courses. Accounts are free, and give you free access to many of our services; other services require payment. Your account is a privilege, not a right, and can be taken away if you abuse or attempt to abuse us, our hospitality, or anyone else. (Or for any other reason).

How do you use my social accounts? Do you post stuff to my timeline? Spam me?

We don't post anything to your social accounts, they're strictly a convenience so you don't need to memorize or store another password. We need your email in order to be able to send you course content, and other information tailored to your interests -- but also so that you can recover your account in case you lose your password or access to your linked social accounts.

Unless you show interest in a particular subject, though, we'll usually not send you more than one email about it. (We're not idiots: we know that sending people lots of email about stuff they're not interested in is not going to magically make them interested. Also, we're not going to sell your email to anyone else, because we're not idiots. We also provide ways to explicitly opt out of certain classes of emails, because again, we're not idiots.)

How do I change my password, or what social account(s) I use? And how can I log out of sessions I left open on other devices?

Once you've logged in to any dirtSimple site, you should be able to find a "Login Settings" link under "My Account". That will bring you to a page where you can manage your password and linked social accounts for all DSI sites and services. Once you get there, you can also use the "Active Sessions" link to see where you have open login sessions and log them all out.

I'm having trouble logging in. What should I do?

You can reach us for help via feedback@dirtsimple.org.