If you use Google+, you could become an ad next month
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Re: If you use Google+, you could become an ad next month
#2Opt out link for the lazy: https://plus.google.com/settings/endorsements
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#3I seem to have opted my whole domain (Google Apps) out somehow
> Based on your domain's current settings, your name and profile picture will not appear in shared endorsements paired with ads. If your domain administrator changes this in the future, your choice here will be honored.
https://plus.google.com/settings/endorsements?hl=en
though I don't know exactly how. Anybody knows which domain-wide setting is responsible?
Re: If you use Google+, you could become an ad next month
#4Why would someone write a review for something but then not expect to have that review used by the business to further their sales?
Re: If you use Google+, you could become an ad next month
#5Opt out link for the lazy: https://plus.google.com/settings/endorsements
Or easier ,delete your Google+ Account.
Today you have the choice to opt-out , tomorrow you might not.
I hope people here will stop with the "Google+ > Facebook " propaganda, their goal are the same: data mining,tracking and selling ads. It's even more difficult to manage privacy on Google+ than on Facebook.
I dont have anything against these services but there is a price to pay for "free" ones, and it will become more and more expensive.
Re: If you use Google+, you could become an ad next month
#6So if I've deleted the Google plus service from my Google account, I have nothing to worry about?
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#7Why would someone write a review for something but then not expect to have that review used by the business to further their sales?
It's generally not the review that's the problem, but tying it to a user's image and real name without their permission.
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#8I seem to have opted my whole domain (Google Apps) out somehow > Based on your domain's current settings, your name and profile picture will not appear in shared endorsements paired with ads. If your domain administrator changes this in the future, your choice here will be honored. https://plus.google.com/settings/endorsements?hl=en though I don't know exactly how. Anybody knows which domain-wide setting is responsib…
My domain is also set like that and it is a fairly fresh google apps account, so it's probably the default.
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#9Disappointing.
Facebook's decision to use people in their ads, and also automatically subscribe people to spam from Facebook Pages, has already made clicking the Like button a 'heavy' action—meaning I have to think about it before doing it, and most likely won't click nowadays.
Google Plus is the same now. I used to consider handing out a quick +1 to any post I liked, or a cool site/service. But now, I have to think about whether I would be okay with my profile being associated with whatever that article/site/service is doing, and whatever they may do in the future.
I've already opted out, but I've now lost my trust that clicking +1 is a lightweight/safe action.
The only social button/action that seems safe anymore is the 'Tweet this' button... Hopefully Twitter doesn't screw that up.
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#10This actually doesn't seem terrible to me: If I published a public review on a product, why should Google not auto-match this up to a search result?
That's the logical next step. It's what I'd expect from Google. I don't see anything privacy breaking about it of it's own...
As long as the review was public, ofcourse -- or only being shown to those it was published to.
That said, I just went ahead and opted-out of it because I don't know if it means what I think it means... and I don't want Google publishing things that I didn't say.