That’s fair, but also a strawman. I haven’t seen anyone make a statement against the actual research they want to do, the issue is regarding the opt-out approach that they hide behind a “forced opt-in to share your data for the good cause”.
I don’t think anyone would complain if it was implemented as an opt-in.
No one would complain if it was opt-in because only 0.1% of people would even notice it was happening and sign up. It’s not a straw man because one can’t study racial discrimination at scale by having a few random users opt-in to sharing their race. You either design an effective program or why bother to pretend you’re helping?
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That’s fair, but also a strawman. I haven’t seen anyone make a statement against the actual research they want to do, the issue is regarding the opt-out approach that they hide behind a “forced opt-in to share your data for the good cause”.
I don’t think anyone would complain if it was implemented as an opt-in.
No one would complain if it was opt-in because only 0.1% of people would even notice it was happening and sign up. It’s not a straw man because one can’t study racial discrimination at scale by having a few random users opt-in to sharing their race. You either design an effective program or why bother to pretend you’re helping?