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Why profiles are not featured in discovery by default? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently discovered that the "Feature profile and posts in discovery algorithms" checkbox in the account settings is disabled by default. I didn't even know this option existed.

I'm curious why it's disabled by default. I think most users would want to be featured.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Informed consent

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I think user should be directly asked about it. Having it in settings will be confused for newcomers: they register on Mastodon, see zero activity and think that it's a dead place.