In-Context Feed Privacy Control via Preliminary Action
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face frustration and incomplete registration or login processes due to the time-consuming and complex manual process of setting privacy settings for activities on content sharing platforms, leading to incomplete setup of privacy controls.
Innovation Solution
A feed privacy module provides in-context control of feed privacy settings by displaying a dialog window for privacy setting selections immediately after specific activities, allowing users to easily choose between public or private settings for feed items, and optionally requesting updates after a threshold period if previous settings were private.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual privacy setting process is implemented during log-in or sign-up, then users can control their activity feed privacy, but the process becomes time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically setting privacy settings based on user profile information before the user completes the log-in or sign-up process. This eliminates the need for users to manually configure privacy settings during registration, reducing friction while ensuring privacy controls are established in advance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically inferring and configuring privacy settings using the user's profile data without requiring manual user input. The system serves itself by making intelligent deductions about user preferences based on available information, eliminating the time-consuming manual configuration step.
2Reliability
If comprehensive privacy settings are required during registration, then privacy control is established, but user completion rate decreases due to frustration
Solution Approach 1:
Privacy settings are configured in advance automatically using user profile information before the user encounters the setup process. This preliminary configuration ensures privacy controls are reliable while allowing users to complete registration without friction, maintaining high completion rates.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically establishing privacy configurations based on user profiles without requiring user intervention. This eliminates the trade-off between comprehensive privacy setup and user completion, as the system handles configuration autonomously while users simply complete their registration.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for providing feed privacy settings in-context with an activity that will be affected by the feed privacy setting. An example method comprising: receiving an indication of an occurrence of an activity in a content sharing platform, the occurrence of the activity corresponding to a feed item of a first feed item type; requesting user input via a user interface that simultaneously presents the feed item of the first feed item type and a privacy setting selection for the first feed item type, wherein the user input pertains to the privacy setting selection; receiving the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type while the user interface presents the feed item; and in response to receiving the privacy setting selection, updating a privacy setting for multiple feed items comprising the feed item and a subsequent feed item of the first feed item type.