ATTENTION! Why is Steemit sending data to Google Analytics & Facebook all the time?
I've checked the outgoing internet connections that are being established while I'm surfing on steemit.com and it seems that on every page I visit (account too) we are sending data to the big G and the big F! What's going up here?
I don't want to be analysed by external, big companies here and thought this would not be the case on Steemit... I've installed the FF Addon "NoScript" and managed to block these connections, but I think most people don't know how to do this, right?
This should reach everyone on Steemit, so please take further steps for accomplishing that! Thanks!
UPDATE
After further research, I've noticed that even the font for displaying text on Steemit is loaded by using the Google APIs. As developer I ask myself: What are we doing here? Why don't we use a nice, free TTF/OTF/WOFF/EOT font without having to use G for that?
I think G & FB scripts should not be active here by default. That is one reason, why I am on Steemit. I thought, we would be free here. There are better ways and we should go them for not losing many nice people on this great platform.
What will happen, if one of the big is not reachable for some reason? We should learn from the past and know that this can take us down by external influence ;)
Why don't we use Piwik instead of Google Analytics? It's nearly the same, but with a big difference: The data is being saved on the Steemit server and not in a Google account.
I've no problem with the collecting of data by Steemit. I've a problem with big, external companies knowing how I moved my mouse while I'm surfing on Steemit.
Since I'm blocking the scripts, Steemit has become much faster for me and I now get all the notifications for the last day, which did not show up automatically in the last time!
IMPORTANT HINT
This is not about attacking Steemit. Steemit is a really great platform. This is about not losing the trust of many people and about making Steemit better by finding a solution, which is acceptable for all the Steemit users.
Keep in mind
Trust is like paper. Once it's crumpled, it can't be perfect again ;)
Thanks for your support!
English is not my native language, but I hope my words are nevertheless understandable for you.
Google Analytics is a pretty powerful tool for web developers. I'm guessing they added it to track growth but I'm with ya that we shouldn't be sharing data with enemies of free speech.
This x1000
Well said!
Clearly it's a bug in their code :)
Its to do with the social media share buttons at the bottom of every post isnt it?
I'm a developer and I know that there are better solutions for this. The buttons should not be active as long as the user does not use them. I think G & FB scripts should not be active here by default. That is one reason, why I am on Steemit. I thought, we would be free here. There are better ways and we should go them for not losing many nice people on this great platform.
Yes, I think this needs to be resteemed again and again until we hear something official.
There is no reason to compromise this platform and ultimately the people here through these known data collecting whores of the system that systemically squash free speech and thought.
FUCK YOU STEEM IT, the steem-images script doesn't load automatically by default eaven.
Actually this is a really important, I'm resteeming in hopes someone can answer to this concern.
Thanks to all of you for your support! After further research, I've noticed that even the font for displaying text on Steemit is loaded by using the Google APIs. As developer I ask myself: What are we doing here? Why don't we use a nice free TTF/OTF/WOFF/EOT font without having to use G for that? I need a break to get over this and some sleep for new energy. I hope that this will reach more people until I'm back.
It has, but it's not popular whatever the reason, 125 views and only 79 votes. I hope more and more people catch on and start using NoScript along with Adblock for their browsers. There's an Adblock browser for mobile but I haven't gotten to using it yet, I imagine it deals with ads but wonder if you can utilize functions like noscript as well which is what most people partner to their adblock plugin.
Hope so too! I've never tried this for mobile, but I think there must be something like that.
Is this ongoing?
Hehe, that was 2 years ago... ^^ Great to see that Steemit found a solution through separating the wallet from the posting site. Since I'm using SteemWorld for all wallet features, I never signed in to their wallet page, but I think it's good to have it in case of a downtime.
You gonna build something so I can send a link to my pic and some sbd to an account so I can rent that square on steemworld?
Auto sizing would help.
Here's my opinion:
Thanks for your well thought post! I think in most points you are right, but I still have some things to mention. Developers tend to use easy implementable solutions and there will be a reason, why they did this in this case too. Since this is still in beta work in progress, I currently see it like a bug, which never got fixed, because it may take some time and the system still works without fixing it.
This explanation fits to the question, why we use Google search here, as well. In the end we will need to develop an own search tool, because many people want to search for a word in a specific topic. It would even be possible to search for lost content, which may have been missed by other users, but still is great content. I think of a search tool that can do things like: (show me all posts with words "X" from yesterday in category "X" with more/less than "X" views)...
The things NSA is doing don't interest me here. I've a problem with the scripts running on every page, without a reason for people, who don't use any functionalities of it. My words "I don't like that they know, how I move my mouse on Steemit" is my mild form for saying: "I don't like that an external company is able to read, what I enter into a password field on Steemit". Since here is money involved and some people may have lots of it in their account, it may be relevant for all of us...
You've highlighted an important issue, @steemchiller
One Steemit USP is that the blockchain enables a censor-resistant, anonymized platform.
It would be interesting to see how this would play out.
I don't know if it is related but if you click the search button on top of Steemit menu you can see that the results are from Google. And as @fortified commented here before, there are posts share buttons to social media sites in every Steemit page.
I'm a developer and I know that there are better solutions for this. The buttons should not be active as long as the user does not use them. I think G & FB scripts should not be active here by default. That is one reason, why I am on Steemit. I thought, we would be free here. There are better ways and we should go them for not losing many nice people on this great platform.
I understand, Steemit is the main but not the only of the apps and websites that runs over the Steem blockchain. For now there are other options like Busy.org, eSteem and Steepshot that also work over the Steem blockchain. I don't know if they have the same issues with G & FB. Thanks and good luck again!
Mmm, that's not good. I've installed NoScript too :) Thanks for the heads-up.
Can i install this on a tablet, and do i need too...i have been worried about this
I don't know, but I think there will be anything like that. But you should know that as long as the operating system is running in background and it's not a clean Linux installation, you can never be sure, if that will do the job ;)
Yes, i think so
Thanks amigo
Yup. My steemit experience changed drastically in the past couple days. I'm super disappointed.
Why facebook? Are they scared of people leaving already?
This might have to do with the share buttons or other Facebook API features, that are planned. I'm ok with that, but I think these scripts should not automatically be activated for users that don't want to use facebook anymore.
Agree totally.
I assumed something like this was going one. At least we are getting paid for it. Microsoft, Google and Facebook don't even give us the decency.