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This reminds me of the time when stack exchange updated their terms of service to include an arbitration clause. The community was in uproar over this decision,

This reminds me of the time when stack exchange updated their terms of service to include an arbitration clause. The community was in uproar over this decision, yet the clause stands to this day. https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/309746/a-new-2018-update-to-our-terms-of-service-is-here https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/309746/a-new-2018-u... Stack overflow's terms of service is pretty terrible, receiving the worst rank in terms of user hostility on TOS;DR. https://tosdr.org/#stackoverflow https://tosdr.org/#stackoverflow

greggman2 7y ago
That hardly seems fair. For 99.99% of users everything they do on the site is publically available. There is no private messaging, no private anything. The entire history of everything on all sites being public is one of the explicit goals of the site. So "sharing with 3rd parties" means absolutely nothing. Those 3rd parties could scrape the site or they could download the archive. https://archive.org/details/stackexchange https://archive.org/details/stackexchange It doesn't seem like they should be marked as having a poor TOS for at least half the things listed as those things are basically the known purpose of the site.
- u-dissolve 7y ago
  This simply isn't true - your most sensitive information is not public, yet is shared with 3rd parties. From their privacy policy: "We collect location information about you including your IP address, your location, browser information, and how you came to the Stack Overflow Network." (SO also collects your email address, interests, and employment status upon registration - this is not mentioned specifically in the privacy policy) "This is the case for individuals who have registered for an account, and non-members who engage with the Stack Overflow Network by visiting our website(s) but who have not completed an account registration." "We share this information with certain third-parties (e.g., talent recruiters, payment processors, and advertising providers)" https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy

greggman2 7y ago

That hardly seems fair. For 99.99% of users everything they do on the site is publically available. There is no private messaging, no private anything. The entire history of everything on all sites being public is one of the explicit goals of the site. So "sharing with 3rd parties" means absolutely nothing. Those 3rd parties could scrape the site or they could download the archive. https://archive.org/details/stackexchange https://archive.org/details/stackexchange It doesn't seem like they should be marked as having a poor TOS for at least half the things listed as those things are basically the known purpose of the site.

u-dissolve 7y ago
This simply isn't true - your most sensitive information is not public, yet is shared with 3rd parties. From their privacy policy: "We collect location information about you including your IP address, your location, browser information, and how you came to the Stack Overflow Network." (SO also collects your email address, interests, and employment status upon registration - this is not mentioned specifically in the privacy policy) "This is the case for individuals who have registered for an account, and non-members who engage with the Stack Overflow Network by visiting our website(s) but who have not completed an account registration." "We share this information with certain third-parties (e.g., talent recruiters, payment processors, and advertising providers)" https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy