What They Said:
Doug Fisher @ Common Sense Journalism asked his readers for feedback on Snap Shots in general and a feature called Snap Shots Engage.
What We Said:
We just wanted to make sure you know this auto-enhance feature (which we call Snap Shots Engage) is optional. You can turn it off at any time from your account. In fact, in a week or two we are doing a new code push which will make this feature an advanced, non-default option. Also, we suggest you inform your readers who don't like the Snap Shots functionality at all, how they can turn it off on their (client) end...Unfortunately this did not get to Doug before he decided to remove Snap Shots all together...
- Move your cursor over the cogwheel icon in the upper right corner of the shot, and select "Disable".
- Select "THIS site" if you want them turned off for the site you are on, or "ALL sites" if you want them gone for all sites.
- Reload the page and you are done.
Best Regards,
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Erik Wingren
erik.at.snap.dot.com
2 comments:
This was my reply to your kind comment:
Erik:
I appreciate your post. But I think sentiment here and back channel makes it clear that, for now at least, the feature is more detraction than addition for my readers.
Certainly, I know you all have gone out of your way to make it possible for individual users to opt out, but that raises the question whether I should, in effect, force them to do that.
So far, I have not had a "keep Snap" comment yet. Now, we can debate the silent majority, but if it truly is a feature people want, at least some, buy sheer statistical dint, would be expected to speak up.
I find the feature useful on other sites -- the thumbnails are big enough for me to see where I am going, which I like. But while I would speak up for it purely personally on other sites, the relationship changes here, and the readers get their say. I listen.
The code hasn't totally gone away; I have just commented it out in the template. Perhaps a time will come when people will ask for it.
Doug
Wow. Do you get paid to search the web for people saying mean things about Snap, and respond to it with your corporate papsmear?
Any company that has even ONE person doing full-time "damage control", is crap. And Snap is smearing their feces all over the web. I add one blocked Javascript, only to find ANOTHER one I have to block, and so on ad infinitum? Screw you guys. I'm going back to a text browser.
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