This is a bit f'd, Quora
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This is a bit f'd, Quora
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Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora
#2Also, you can't view some answers anonymously anymore (blurred out a la expertsexchange.com). Seems they are desperate for new users...
Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora
#3The blowback from stupid share-everything policies is what will eventually collapse this social media bubble. I disabled Spotify-to-Facebook sharing completely, even though I wouldn't mind if the controls were more granular and the notifications were less obtrusive. Right now people put a lot of faith and trust in their social media providers, and the more said services violate that trust, the less users will share by default and the less valuable the services will be as a result.
Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora
#4The new "social" web is really creepy. Browsing in an incognito browser and logged into nothing has sortof become my default.
I don't want google chrome saving my search history, or to accidentally read an article on some news website that then broadcasts that fact to all of my facebook friends.
Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora
#5I get the impression that Quora is in a tough spot because of the perceived implosion of the "social bubble" after the FB IPO. They have $61M in funding [1], which means that their investors must be demanding bold moves. I don't personally know anyone who works there, so it's pure speculation.
Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora
#6Wow, this is a really big lapse of judgement on Quora's part. I'm contemplating if I should delete my account altogether.
In any case, thank you for posting it here - at least people can take the precautions.
Edit: That yes/no button is not at all obvious! They need some form of green/red color coding.
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#7The new "social" web is really creepy . Browsing in an incognito browser and logged into nothing has sortof become my default. I don't want google chrome saving my search history, or to accidentally read an article on some news website that then broadcasts that fact to all of my facebook friends.
You can no longer browse Quora while being logged out:
Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora
#8Why don't they show something like "4 of your friends" read this answer without identifying the friend? They would need a lower threshold were you would need a minimum number of friends before this feature would kick in to keep the data anonymous. They could also just say something like "4 people within your network" read this and use the network effect of 2nd and 3rd degree connections.
I'm surprised that no adult websites implement a social sharing feature like that. No one is clicking on the facebook / google+ buttons on purpose, but it might be interesting to see what videos people in your network are watching if it was anonymous.
Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora
#9The new "social" web is really creepy . Browsing in an incognito browser and logged into nothing has sortof become my default. I don't want google chrome saving my search history, or to accidentally read an article on some news website that then broadcasts that fact to all of my facebook friends.
Unfortunately with supercookies, IP address-based identification (maybe even machine signature based id-ing?) and such, I think incognito mode is practically a placebo.
Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora
#10I get the impression that Quora is in a tough spot because of the perceived implosion of the "social bubble" after the FB IPO. They have $61M in funding [1], which means that their investors must be demanding bold moves. I don't personally know anyone who works there, so it's pure speculation. [1] http://www.crunchbase.com/company/quora
The latest round was funded nearly entirely by Adam D'Angelo and Peter Thiel, so the investor effect is a bit mitigated I think.