Thank you for all the details -- they're helpful to us as we think about the right things to do with the network feature in the future. For the time being, you can click the little grey triangle next to your "fans" list to hide the names from your view (if you haven't done that already). It also sounds like that "hide specific fan" option would still be a potential solution in this case, and we'll definitely think about it.
Britta del.icio.us community manager intern --- In ydn-delicious@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Schoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It helps explain, but it could be made more clear. Yet I still think there > needs to be some kind of authorization put in or at the bare minimum only > have it display the people I've added (mutually, or who I am looking at but > who have not mutually added me). There's nothing in my public bookmarks that > people can't see, but I'm not putting the bookmarks there to be linked to by > just anybody. If John Doe wants to see what I've bookmarked, and knows my > username, and knows how to use del.icio.us, he can just type in the link to > it and go directly and then add to their browser's favorites or something > like that. But every time I visit I see the name of this unknown stranger on > my page, and it bothers me. I'd really rather not know that some stranger is > a fan of my bookmarks. If that could be addressed, I'd feel a lot better. > > > > Tim :-) http://nbajammer.epop3.com > http://www.myspace.com/nbajammer/ > ICQ # 5756489 Yahoo: nba_jammer77 AIM: nbajam77 > MSN: nbajam77 Xfire: nbajammer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Britta Gustafson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <ydn-delicious@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:22 PM > Subject: [ydn-delicious] Re: Network Privacy > > > > On Flickr, when somebody adds you to their contacts, you get a note that > > says "If you don't know [username], [username] is probably a fan of your > > photos or wants a bookmark so they can find you again. There is no > > obligation for you to reciprocate, unless you want to." This is true on > > del.icio.us too: when somebody adds you to their network, it's usually a > > small expression of interest in what you're bookmarking - the person > > just wants an easy way to see your public bookmarks. Does that help > > explain the current network/fans system? We can try to make that message > > more clear on the website. > > > > We originally didn't include a list of "fans" on network pages at all, > > partly to avoid the impression of a popularity contest, but we found > > that people were curious about who was paying attention to their > > bookmarks. > > > > Britta > > del.icio.us community manager intern >
