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This is (I hope unintentionally) a bit misleading.
Just because 15% of users actively dislike something enough to want to never see it again, doesn't mean the other 85% are "using and benefiting from" the feature. Personalized ads is a good example: I guarantee a significant percentage of users that haven't opted out of personalized ads use some form of ad blocker, and never see ads anyways. You can't then claim "
It is widely known, and quite well documented, that opt in/opt out systems are ***HEAVILY*** biased towards whatever option is the default, regardless of what the system is related to. See Opt-In vs. Opt-Out organ donor programs. % of users choosing the non-default option in a setting is rarely relevant except for when significant amounts are choosing it (which usually speaks to the default being a bad experience).
Currently, there isn’t a way to see a list of all the things you can opt in and out of, but it’s never a bad idea to do a tour of your user settings to know what options you have. (Personally, I do this any time I sign up for a new app.)
The problem is, it's rarely, if ever, actually communicated to us when we're given new settings options. Especially when you do not even add these settings to the old.reddit preference page.
Sure, you check the settings when you sign up, but be honest, how often do you really ever go back and check them again, without prompting?
If you added a modal that locked out the site until each user selects "Yes" or "No" for the feature, do you really believe the number would stay at that 85/15 split?
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Also, as a PSA, this is a great opportunity to remind people to double check your privacy settings on reddit (and go visit new.reddit.com to check there too, if you use old reddit), even if you've set them up before. Because I've had settings get reset back to the default opt-in without my consent multiple times.
There's nothing here!