Re:Has web 2.0 made lying to users acceptable?
by xiaoma on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @04:07PM
(#594626)
"An example of a common lie would be to give the user the impression that some of their data is visible to others while this is not actually the case."
Reddit really, really angered me this way. I continued writing comments for about a month before realizing they were invisible to everyone else. While I was logged in, though, the site displayed them. I was absolutely shocked at the level of deception and dishonesty.
How many others were similarly tricked into thinking they were actually communicating with the online community?
Re:Has web 2.0 made lying to users acceptable?
by gommm on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @09:48AM
(#595700)
I didn't know any website doing that... Is it because something triggered their spam detection? (I mean I don't see the point otherwise of doing that to a user)
Reddit really, really angered me this way. I continued writing comments for about a month before realizing they were invisible to everyone else. While I was logged in, though, the site displayed them. I was absolutely shocked at the level of deception and dishonesty.
How many others were similarly tricked into thinking they were actually communicating with the online community?