[theme-reviewers] tracking code in themes

[Chip Bennett]

Thanks, and please don't take any of this discussion in any way as intended
to be disparaging toward the PressTrends service. I understand the nature
and potential usefulness of such a service to developers, and ultimately to
end users.

Chip

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, George Ortiz <george at venturengine.com>wrote:

> I definitely understand where you're coming from and have had many
> discussions about it. It's very important to us that end-users are aware of
> what's going on and encourage all theme authors to notify end-users as well
> as link to our privacy policy, as such the case with WooThemes<http://www.woothemes.com/2011/11/presstrends-integration-helping-us-help-you/>.
> At the end of the day, it's just perspective.
>
> Thanks again for the consideration and all your work on the theme
> directory. I've noticed some great themes lately being published!
>
> Cheers,
>
> George Ortiz
> Founder, PressTrends
> Twitter: @grgortiz
> Phone: 801-815-2223
> Email: george at venturengine.com
>
> On Mar 8, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:01 PM, George Ortiz <george at venturengine.com>wrote:
>
>> Chip, can I quote you on our site?
>>
>> "In fact, I wish WordPress.org itself provided this kind of data
>> publicly."
>> - Chip Bennet, WordPress.org Theme Reviewer
>>
>
> [CITATION NEEDED]
>
>>
>> We're obviously really concerned and stay pretty strict on any data
>> coming across our API. Currently, we aggregate information back to theme
>> authors as another form of keeping data private and anonymous.
>>
>> There is a huge value for both the theme authors and the end-users. Which
>> is why we released a plugin for content creators<http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/presstrends/>
>> .
>>
>> I completely understand the policy. I do however want to question the
>> default opt-in setting. It's just as easy for end-users to opt-out as it is
>> to opt-in. Statistically, most people just stick with default options
>> regardless of their thoughts or feelings. As PressTrends is backed by many
>> top WordPress users and advocates, is there anyway you would reconsider the
>> default of opt-out rather than opt-in?
>>
>
> This policy has nothing to do with the integrity of the developers, but
> rather has everything to do with the right of end users to control what,
> where, and how their own data are used.
>
> That most users tend to use default settings is all the MORE reason for
> such a service to be disabled by default. By this very admission, you
> recognize that any end user data sent via this service would NOT be sent
> with the informed consent of the end user.
>
> "Informed user consent" is the bottom line here.
>
> Chip
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