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Yeah... that's a much better idea. I can tell you what was going through my head on Friday (I'm not at all trying to defend this now). Basically, it was that fo
by ammon 6y ago
Yeah... that's a much better idea. I can tell you what was going through my head on Friday (I'm not at all trying to defend this now). Basically, it was that for a credential to carry weight with recruiters, it needs scale. There's a bootstrapping problem. But that's not an excuse for violating people's privacy. Opt-in would have been a far better idea.
- weaksauce 6y agoIn the future it’s worth noting that it’s a terrible idea to take something away from someone when you promised them something else. This is privacy in this case. On others it’s offering something for free and then charging for it. Even if you wanted to make this an opt out feature the only sensible way to go about it is grandfathering in the old accounts into an opt in feature. Just like many companies grandfather in free customers while they charge new ones. This is the foundation of trust.
- everybodyknows 6y ago> take something away Quite true. T-Mobile is now forever to me the weasels that silently broke free Google Visual Voicemail in order to force me into their own, judging by the reviews quite crappy, paid app.
- ummonk 6y agoI've been through Triplebyte and am a fan of the mission. This was definitely a major screw-up, both for the opt-out and email dark patterns (I had skimmed the original email and assumed it was opt-in before I saw this thread), and for the subsequent doubling down in response to feedback. Glad you took some time to reflect and reverse course. I do think the bootstrapping problem is unfortunate - hopefully you can hit critical mass via opt-in.