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I do not have any data regarding opt-in, but my impression was that as a rule, no one opts-in, and no one opts-out of basically anything (excepting the notoriou
by pbh 17y ago
I do not have any data regarding opt-in, but my impression was that as a rule, no one opts-in, and no one opts-out of basically anything (excepting the notorious cases, e.g., Real Player). If it worked, and somehow gave an at least somewhat unbiased sampling of the data, opt-in would obviously be best.
I am completely unsatisfied with the submit-and-run model. Feature engineering seems to rely on knowing your data really intimately, and that does not seem possible in a submit-and-run model.
- smokey_the_bear 17y agoWhat happened with Real Player?
- pbh 17y agoThe Real Player installer, over the course of maybe five to ten years, was so pushy about installing extra, unwanted software and sending private data that it garnered a reputation that caused people to be really careful when installing it, if they installed it at all. It is not really a perfect example for people actually opting-out, because I think one of the many criticisms was that it was often either not possible or extremely difficult to determine how to opt-out of its features (sending titles of files being played, annoying message center and ad popups, packaged additional software). That said, check out the Wikipedia page for further details.