 Anonymous poll
Poll
Strong yes
48
7.7%
Qualified yes
93
14.9%
Qualified no
171
27.4%
Strong no
623 people voted. 311
49.9%
Voting ended 11 June at 23:33. 17 comments
    @evan no way. However, I would love to have something like circles here, to limit the audience of certain posts.  @evan I don't really see the point, but I could see it causing a LOT of extra network traffic if it were implemented as an ActivityPub extension @evan I voted strong no. The kind of people who really care about that are exactly the kind of people I do not want to be visible to. I cannot imagine a situation where I'd care who looked at my profile.....  @evan No. And you shouldn't have access to the full names and employment history of every rando who happens to lock eyes with you on the street, either. 😜  We keep track of how many Followers. We keep track of how many Following. We keep track of how many Boosts. We keep track of how many Favorites. Obviously people care enough about these metrics to make some statement that Mastodon does track and share popularity. Does Followers, Following, and Favorites matter? If they do not, why do we insist on showing them? Likewise with Boosts and Favorites. I find no harm in showing metrics for Profile Views.  @evan I'm a strong no. I don't need or want to know who has viewed my profile (or viewed my posts, seen a DM I've sent, etc), but if the data is available curiosity will get the better of me and I'm going to look at it anyway. I'd rather not be able to see this data so I can't be tempted to look.  @evan I actually think it depends on the network. On most social media, like Mastodon, blue sky and Threads, I'd say no. On LinkedIn I think it makes some sense to see it.  |
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@evan I genuinely hate when I get a LinkedIn notification that someone viewed my profile. Whether it came up in a search or it’s someone I met or god forbid someone just deciding to “cyberstalk” me a bit, it just bugs me. The only good I can see come from it is knowing if a company looked at you after handing in your resume but even then, you get to know if you were purposefully rejected or not.
I much prefer purposeful interaction on all platforms and am thankful that at least LI is the only platform I’m on that does this.
@evan I genuinely hate when I get a LinkedIn notification that someone viewed my profile. Whether it came up in a search or it’s someone I met or god forbid someone just deciding to “cyberstalk” me a bit, it just bugs me. The only good I can see come from it is knowing if a company looked at you after handing in your resume but even then, you get to know if you were purposefully rejected or not.