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Privacy features do not work as expected (at all!)
My privacy is set to Private and has been for all photo posts and notes (apart from one check-in which I can't delete) but if you browse to http://brightkite.com/people/*username* then all of my posts and exact locations are visible!! Surely this is wrong? I expected it to be like Twitter and say "updates protected". Also I have a public check-in which only shows when I am logged out - I cant see it to delete it when I log in!
I am cross posting to Twitter with my account there private and my posts here set to private (and they show padlocked) but they are publicly visible!
I am cross posting to Twitter with my account there private and my posts here set to private (and they show padlocked) but they are publicly visible!
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Inappropriate?Hi Jamrock, your exact locations are not visible to me when I view your profile. All of your activity shows as being private and set to city level.
Your latest checkin shows as unlocked because you probably checked in at city level and since your privacy is set to city level there is no difference between public and private for that particular checkin. We are working on correcting this so that it will still show as locked when you check in to city level.
Are you still logged in when you view your profile? This would explain why the exact locations are visible to you. If you are concerned about people seeing your activity, you can set your privacy for "Everyone else" to hidden. Then your stuff will only be visible to people who are your friends.
We currently do not support sending your Brightkite updates to a protected Twitter account, but we may look into that in the future.
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Inappropriate?"We currently do not support sending your Brightkite updates to a protected Twitter"
You already do! My Twitter is set to private (most of the time) and my BrightKite posts show up just fine. The problem is I expected BrightKite "private" to work as it does for Twitter. I have now found that "everyone else" setting but of course it it is not retroactive (which, like others, I would like).
Overall BrightKite works exactly as I would want it to with the exception of the privacy some of which was my misunderstanding (the everyone setting) and some which is implementation.
Of course the service is great, free and beta so this is feedback not criticism and that was a speedy response.
In short I think a number of us want "private" to work like Twitter but adding a selective (always show or always hide option in addition would be excellent).
Brightkiting today on a miserable trek across Germany made the day much more interesting!
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Jamrock, my apologies, I confused that with something else, hey it's Friday. :) I see what you are asking and sharing private (hidden) activity to a protected Twitter account is something we are considering. We are working on an edit feature that, once available, will let you edit the text, location, and privacy of your posts. We don't have an ETA just yet, but you should see this feature in some capacity soon. -
Inappropriate?Ah, this gets worse. Now I have changed the "everyone" setting to Hidden then updates to Twitter don't work.
I’m confused
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Yes, currently only posts set to city level will share to Twitter, hidden posts are hidden from everyone including Twitter. We are considering sharing hidden activity to a Twitter account, but I can't give you any sort of time frame on that.
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Inappropriate?Ok. I tested the above and I can confirm that you have to give everyone at least "city" rights or your cross post to twitter don't work.
This is how it should work
1. Private turned on means no updates past or present show up. Optional extra to add to this "always show" or "always hide"
2. Cross posts to Twitter while "private" is turned on should a) work but b) the URL http://brightkite.com/objects/xxx would not be visible from the userpage only if someone knew the URL (like a Flickr URL for a private photo)
This way my Mum can see my (protected) Twitter post and follow the brightkite url but a visitor to brightkite/user could not.
Optional extra: Selective cross post i.e. having provided Twitter credentials your post is cross posted only if you prefix with a "+" or only not crossposted if you prefix with a "-" as they do with Blip.fm
Just feedback from a user!
I’m undecided
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