Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users Have Viewed

Re:Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users ... by alexqgb on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @08:40PM (#4383826)

Worth noting: they won't let you get rid of your account. All you can do is "deactivate" it, meaning other users can't interact with you. Oh, and you won't get email updates. But as soon as you log in again, your account is "reactivated".

It's very Hotel California.

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Re:Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users ... by codezero on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @08:51PM (#4383863)

You can have your account deleted by emailing in to [email protected] see: http://www.quora.com/Quora-product/How-do-I-delete-my-Quora-...

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Re:Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users ... by joe_bloggs on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @09:09PM (#4383917)

Is this common practise, to not provide an option to delete your account except by contacting customer service? Personally I'm not aware of any other product being so sneaky in making it hard for users to quit.

Facebook was one of the first companies that started this trend of burying the "delete account" feature deep inside and making it hard to find. But by removing the option altogether, Quora seems to have raised the sneakiness bar much higher.

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Re:Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users ... by petitmiam on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @10:50PM (#4384218)

Facebook scared me the other day with payment details. Once you add them, there is no way to remove them. You can only replace them with different details.

It's worrying if this becomes the norm.

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Re:Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users ... by Volpe on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @09:24PM (#4383950)

You can delete your account in facebook? I can only find "Deactivate"?

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Re:Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users ... by bhrgunatha on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @09:36PM (#4383981)

https://ssl.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_a...

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Re:Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users ... by bossfo on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @09:36PM (#4383980)

https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account

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Re:Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users ... by parfe on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @11:08AM (#4386306)

See a delete link anywhere on news.yc?

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Re:Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users ... by alexqgb on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @10:25PM (#4384144)

Just tried that. Here's the auto-response I got.

From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[email protected]> Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) Date: August 14, 2012 7:20:01 PM PDT

We're writing to let you know that the group you tried to contact (privacy) may not exist, or you may not have permission to post messages to the group. A few more details on why you weren't able to post:

* You might have spelled or formatted the group name incorrectly. * The owner of the group may have removed this group. * You may need to join the group before receiving permission to post. * This group may not be open to posting.

If you have questions related to this or any other Google Group, visit the Help Center at http://support.google.com/a/quora.com/bin/topic.py?hl=en_US&....

Thanks,

quora.com admins

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Re:Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users ... by codezero on Thursday August 16, 2012 @06:29PM (#4393992)

Just sent you an email with some info on how to get in touch with me so we can help sort out your account. Sorry for the trouble!

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