- Aug 7, 2008
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I was curious about this and did a little digging into Huddler, its not just a new forum software package utilized by the forum owners, but actually a marketing Company. It seems from the limited reading I've done so far is that we are being studied, profiled and marketed to by our interactions with this site. I did not do a lot of deep digging into this, as I'm not a very frequent poster here, but what I did find, may make you want to ask more questions about how all this works: Is there a new privacy policy that goes with this new site, how is the profile data being used, are a couple questions that come to mind. It seems there is more behind the scenes going on here now, and I'd be a little more curious about how all this works. Here are some quotes I found to be of some concern to those that cherrish their privacy:
Below from http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/08/7-questions-with-huddler-ceo-dan-gill-on-green-home/:
We’ll be able to tell you by combing the Product Profiles of our users.
Soon users will be pointed to other users who have the most in common with them. For example, you might get something like: “Max, user deej has 5 green products in common with you and 6 more you haven’t seen – check him out!” The hope is to foster interactivity and moreover, helpful recommendations.
From http://www.huddler.com/
The Huddler Platform boasts a modern aesthetic, elegantly integrated wikis, product reviews, deep user profiling, and a lot more.
I have no indication that any of this is below board or being used in a negative way, but this new way of handling forums should be highlighted to the users, especially since a middle man company is now using this data, not just the owners of the forum.
Perhaps a bit of clarification on how the forum owners are using this profiling would be beneficial.
Below from http://www.maxgladwell.com/2008/08/7-questions-with-huddler-ceo-dan-gill-on-green-home/:
We’ll be able to tell you by combing the Product Profiles of our users.
Soon users will be pointed to other users who have the most in common with them. For example, you might get something like: “Max, user deej has 5 green products in common with you and 6 more you haven’t seen – check him out!” The hope is to foster interactivity and moreover, helpful recommendations.
From http://www.huddler.com/
The Huddler Platform boasts a modern aesthetic, elegantly integrated wikis, product reviews, deep user profiling, and a lot more.
I have no indication that any of this is below board or being used in a negative way, but this new way of handling forums should be highlighted to the users, especially since a middle man company is now using this data, not just the owners of the forum.
Perhaps a bit of clarification on how the forum owners are using this profiling would be beneficial.