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August 15, 2012 03:45 am GMT
Earlier this month, Q&A site Quora unveiled a new feature, Views. One of the most noticeable aspects of Views was that it displayed information about the exact posts that other users of the site had looked at. At the time, we noted that it could certainly rub some folks the wrong way -- Quora is a site that definitely plays into natural human curiosity, but what you view on the web is a pretty personal thing. After a significant uproar from users (documented quite well on Hacker News) Quora has opted to shut off the feature in Views that shows data about what others are viewing.
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After Privacy Uproar, Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users Have Viewed
Earlier this month, Q&A site Quora unveiled a new feature, Views. One of the most noticeable aspects of Views was that it displayed information about the exact posts that other users of the site had looked at. At the time, we noted that it could certainly rub some folks the wrong way -- Quora is a site that definitely plays into natural human curiosity, but what you view on the web is a pretty personal thing. After a significant uproar from users (documented quite well on Hacker News) Quora has opted to shut off the feature in Views that shows data about what others are viewing.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/6z_pbmHNCZM/
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