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I actually had to design one of these dialogs for LinkedIn for the new who viewed my profile when we flipped it to a tit-for-tat system (you show me your name a

I actually had to design one of these dialogs for LinkedIn for the new who viewed my profile when we flipped it to a tit-for-tat system (you show me your name and I'll show you mine). We spent weeks changing the language to be as clear as possible without being overly verbose. I admit that the first (unreleased) rev probably was a bit shady, but in the end we ended up with something that's primary goal was to inform. I'm super glad we went that way too. Being upfront and clear turned out to be the way to go. Sure we didn't get instant benefit like you'd get with an opt-out, but the conversion rates were very good even when we spelled out what we were doing.

0x0 13y ago
What happens if you keep the setting off most of the time, and only switch it on for a few minutes to check out your profile visitors, then switch it back off? Would you still stay anonymous (unless others happen to check their visitor lists in those few minutes?)
- Aloisius 13y ago
  It only starts showing you views since the time you switch from being invisible to prevent gaming the system that way. Also, changing your profile visibility setting only affects your visibility on future visits to people's profile pages, not past visits.