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View submission: Announcing Online Presence Indicators
Sorry if this wasn't made more clear in our update, but we're currently not broadcasting your online status to any other users. The feature is not yet public-facing as we want to give everyone plenty of time to be aware of these changes, and opt-out/disable this feature if they want to. We will be sure to update everyone as we continue to roll this out.
Comment by [deleted] at 23/03/2021 at 07:10 UTC*
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If the goal is to have everyone be aware of this new feature and provide them with opportunity to make an informed opt-out decision, then why was this announcement as a whole squirreled into /r/changelog and its limited audience? Why not use the default /r/announcements or, better yet, a mass PM to every user describing the feature? And why has the announcement of this feature going to the 10% Android beta likewise been hidden away not only in a low-traffic sub but as a **necropost** instead of a stand-alone change announcement?
Speaking personally, the only reason I know this sub exists *at all* is because I was trying to find out why I suddenly had an online status light, and the Google search result revealed the /r/TheoryOfReddit thread first (though this is no longer the case, probably because of increased traffic). This sub is so under the radar that even *Google* overlooks it!
Comment by zackp1918 at 08/04/2021 at 11:33 UTC
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Can we please stop messing with user privacy? Just leave it alone. Go back to no status indicators at all. And most of all;
ASK YOUR USERS IF THEY WANT SOMETHING BEFORE YOU ADD IT.
This is a stupid thing to do and will no doubt lead many to stop using reddit. Respect our privacy.
Comment by legend_forge at 28/03/2021 at 14:00 UTC
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This isnt anything close to relevant.
We don't want this. Ive been trying to disable this all day and it just re enables itself. I have no idea what kind of fucking bug that is but it is deeply inappropriate that you cant allow me to disable this violation of my privacy.
Comment by deadoon at 25/03/2021 at 03:04 UTC
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That is not the point, and you know it.
Make it opt in or make the off option display you as offline, anything else is leaking information about a user or their choices.
Comment by limited8 at 25/03/2021 at 07:25 UTC
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If you want to ensure people are aware and have control over their own privacy, make it opt in.