I agree this is a huge problem today. A classic symptom of wanting to see short-term gains (a jump in sign ups when auto-posting is pushed live) with no regard

I agree this is a huge problem today. A classic symptom of wanting to see short-term gains (a jump in sign ups when auto-posting is pushed live) with no regard for long-term effect of a bad user experience. Luckily good sites don't do this and I do like that social media permissions are evolving. For example, usually when I authorize an app with Facebook, I can separately choose to connect and who sees anything they post (which I have defaulting to no one). I hope that trend continues on all fronts.