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I don't have an account there, and didn't even know about them a week ago, but based on what people posted I don't understand the drama. They want to make prof
by takeda 6y ago
I don't have an account there, and didn't even know about them a week ago, but based on what people posted I don't understand the drama.
They want to make profiles pubic, like LinkedIn. The public profiles only contain subset of information from actual profile. Their FAQ page says that you can enable/disable sharing of your profile. They sent email to their users announcing the change and giving plenty of time to change settings.
I don't see how could they do better than that.
- RandomBacon 6y agoExplanations in comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23279837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23279837 Synopsis IIRC: Dark paterns, requiring ID to close account, 30 days to close account (and they quietly cancel the request if you log in), only 7 days notice, no permanent opt-out.
- takeda 6y agoAh, had no idea, thanks for explaining. So the real issue are those dark patterns, not that much making profiles public. If they would execute it right, I think majority of people wouldn't have problems with it.