Comment by MoralMidgetry on 03/03/2021 at 18:19 UTC

287 upvotes, 13 direct replies (showing 13)

View submission: Announcing Online Presence Indicators

Why the fuck is presence information public by default?

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Comment by h0nest_Bender at 03/03/2021 at 18:28 UTC

138 upvotes, 10 direct replies

Because the feature would never get any traction otherwise. There's zero demand for this feature. Which makes me wonder why they're pushing it so aggressively.

Comment by Hubris2 at 03/03/2021 at 19:29 UTC

27 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Privacy features like this should **absolutely** be opt-in.

Reddit's policy is to display your nudes without telling you (but you can opt-out when you find out).

Comment by orochi at 03/03/2021 at 18:37 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

So those t-shirt spammers know who to target first

Comment by cyanocittaetprocyon at 03/03/2021 at 22:58 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

3 reasons:

1. Data

2. Data

3. Data

Comment by RasaTabulasta at 03/03/2021 at 18:46 UTC

7 upvotes, 1 direct replies

if you aren't buying anything they're selling you

Comment by [deleted] at 03/03/2021 at 20:56 UTC*

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 03/03/2021 at 18:49 UTC

8 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by intensely_human at 04/03/2021 at 04:12 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Why is presence information a part of this software at all?

Comment by [deleted] at 04/03/2021 at 04:21 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Wrong question - why the fuck does it exist.

Comment by [deleted] at 03/03/2021 at 18:58 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I came here to make this exact comment.

Comment by Xaxxon at 03/03/2021 at 19:59 UTC

-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Because it doesn’t hurt anyone.

Comment by UnacceptableUse at 03/03/2021 at 20:33 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Mine was turned off by default

Comment by Ok_Evening8208 at 22/03/2021 at 21:37 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

careful about disagreeing with them, they might ban you.