cyber-snickity

How and Why to Fix the New Activity Feature

Opting out of activity visibility should be quick and easy

Hang on, consider your options. Old video of “Hobo the Friendly Ghost” in public domain adopted by Author¹

Recent changes to social media that allow users to see other subscribers’ engagement raise some questions and concerns. I’ve worked on similar projects and default to assessing pitfalls and benefits. Second-order risks and considerations are addressed along with how to opt out.

I read Ann James’ piece Another Good Reason to Move to Switzerland, wanted to read more from her, went to her profile page and saw the “Activity” tab, and thought, “OH NO!”

I see her publicly posted comments! I see what she’s read! Does she know how to disable this infringement on her First Amendment rights? Public Free Speech posted on a public forum is meant to be ignored! If she wanted to be seen, she’d hide!

That’s snarlcasm. I’ll stop. In just a minute.

There are real issues that will be addressed later.

Here’s how to manage this platform’s latest visible feature release.

This makes Activity private. Limiting specific actions may still show reading history.¹

A few technical, support, and user issues