Ask HN: Opt in v/s out

3 pointsby dhruvbird11 anni fa1 comments

This question keeps coming up, and the usual argument I've heard is: For most users, they wouldn't bother opting in, so there's no way to release a feature than to have them be opted in by default for all new features, and then have an option to opt out for stuff they don't really want.

I was wondering if it would be feasible for a product to have a screen when it's installed, asking users if they would want to opt in or out by default? Has anyone experimented with such a strategy in their product? What have your observations be?

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chebureki11 anni fa

I can't comment on my own observations because I don't have enough experience with this. However, some suggest that default choices are hard to resist: whether it's online or off. NYT wrote about that several years ago. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/technology/default-choices...