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Ironically Quoras own: let's publish anything a logged in user even thinks about clicking for everyone to see should be somewhere on that list shouldn't it? Go

• sevensor 10y ago
  Quora does that? Where?
  • reitanqild 10y ago
    Did at least. From wikipedia: """Privacy concerns In August 2012, blogger Ivan Kirigin pointed out that it was possible for acquaintances and followers to see his activity including which questions he had looked at.[46] In response, Quora stopped showing question views in feeds later that month. By default, Quora exposes its users' profiles, including their real names, to search engines.""" I cannot remember the details anymore but it is one of a few times when the privacy implications of something has scared me. It goes something like this: I'm about to hire Bob, I just want to do a quick background check to see that there isn't anything I have missed. Bob has an account on Quora. Quora ranks high on google. I search for Bob on google and find his account. I click in to view it and can see that he has been reading a lot about depression lately. I decide not to hire Bob, just to be safe. Edit: They might have fixed it now, I don't care. The combination of full name policy and literally telling the world anything I clicked on + the way they completely didn't care back then, IIRC even after reports started to pile up, convinced me to delete my account and then send a message asking them to confirm that my account was completely and permanently removed from the system.