Quora User Data Compromised

Re:Quora User Data Compromised by onion2k on Monday December 03, 2018 @11:04PM (#18596129)

How did we get to this point where in order to use the Internet you have to sign up for all these free accounts and generate all these ridiculous username/password combinations

We stopped using sites built by amateurs in their spare time and demanded "beautiful user experiences" that we didn't pay anything for. That costs money, so people who wanted to solve that "pain" looked for business models that meant they could deliver what people want without charging directly. Hence we have an Internet driven by advertising and privacy violation.

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by TeMPOraL on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @01:35AM (#18596894)

I propose the alternative view: we did no such thing.

We didn't demand shit. We only chose from what was available. People trying to make money on-line have, over time, perfected both the design and the business models. At every step of the way, we had a choice between status quo and this new service that's prettier and offers more, for free, with user-hostile monetization scheme that wasn't immediately apparent. Step by step, we've been had, like the frog in the boiling frog fable.

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by Randy238480 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @12:36AM (#18596623)

https://www.quora.com/How-does-DuckDuckGo-show-me-the-ads-th...

This model doesn't seem bad, advertising without tracking.

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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by AznHisoka on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @07:00AM (#18598609)

The web started to decline when we moved away from JQuery, and personal homepages. And when Google started to use brand name as a ranking factor.

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