How about when you log in for the first time you'll be asked to check off what data you want to share, but everything is off by default and a HELPFUL text says what each do. That way the user can choose what to share and what not to share :)
2009/6/6 Michael Gratton <[email protected]>: > On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 10:53 -0400, Matt Lee wrote: >> The user should have at least the following privacy options, and their >> defaults... >> >> * Make my listening data public by daily dumps -- off >> * Allow a non-user to see more than my last 50 songs -- off >> * Allow a non-friend to see more than my last 50 songs -- off >> * Allow my profile to be seen by non-friends -- off >> * Allow my profile to be indexed -- off >> * Allow my listening data to be included in an anonymous dump -- off >> >> Do these seem reasonable? This errs on the side of giving the user the >> most protection. Everything would be opt-in. > > I think that depends on the nature of the site. For public (like > libre.fm) instances, people would presumably join since they actually do > want to share some information about themselves and their listening > habits in order to find more good music to listen to. In these cases > most of the above should be on by default. Having them off by default > would be like when a badly designed desktop application asks you to > confirm the thing you asked it to do — "Did you really mean to click > "OK"? [OK] [Cancel]". > > For private instances, defaulting everything to off is probably valid, > you'd maybe just use a public installation otherwise. > > So it seems that having the source code default to creating new accounts > with maximum privacy might be a good thing, but being able to configure > it so that public installations create accounts that share more > information by default would also be good. Of course, there needs to be > some decent UI to allow the user to tweak their personal settings, too. > > /Mike > > -- > ⎊ Michael Gratton. "Mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat." > ⎈ <http://web.vee.net/> > > _______________________________________________ > Libre-fm mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.autonomo.us/mailman/listinfo/libre-fm > > -- --Torstein _______________________________________________ Libre-fm mailing list [email protected] http://lists.autonomo.us/mailman/listinfo/libre-fm
