Timeline for John Oliver calling out Stack Exchange cookie dialog
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| Mar 14, 2023 at 21:04 | answer | added | crenshaw-dev | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jul 5, 2022 at 18:44 | comment | added | Wayne Bloss | We were never required to see cookie consent popups in the USA. Can't we just get rid of them for that reason alone, for US users? | |
| S Jun 4, 2022 at 1:48 | history | bounty ended | 41686d6564 | ||
| S Jun 4, 2022 at 1:48 | history | notice removed | 41686d6564 | ||
| May 29, 2022 at 1:17 | comment | added | Makyen | @41686d6564 A bounty on this question seems ... less useful than it might be elsewhere. This question in itself doesn't really have anything that's actionable for Stack Exchange. It's just that John Oliver used a graphic from SE. He didn't give the source and didn't call out SE specifically. The question here doesn't make clear what anybody thinks should change on SE's part. If the goal is to have SE make some change, then it would be better to either call attention to a question which clearly asks for that change, or create a question which asks for it. Bounty-ing this Q seems "meh". | |
| May 29, 2022 at 0:52 | comment | added | Aaron | Hold up ... John Oliver knows about Stack Exchange? We are officially cool now! Do you think he'd consider joining the coming-soon-to-Area-51 comedy-writers.stackexchange.com? or Brits-who-skewer-the-US.stackexchange.com? (After the cookie handling is improved, of course.) | |
| S May 28, 2022 at 22:18 | history | bounty started | 41686d6564 | ||
| S May 28, 2022 at 22:18 | history | notice added | 41686d6564 | Draw attention | |
| S May 19, 2022 at 15:34 | history | bounty ended | 41686d6564 | ||
| S May 19, 2022 at 15:34 | history | notice removed | 41686d6564 | ||
| S May 11, 2022 at 16:54 | history | bounty started | 41686d6564 | ||
| S May 11, 2022 at 16:54 | history | notice added | 41686d6564 | Draw attention | |
| S May 11, 2022 at 15:12 | history | bounty ended | gnat | ||
| S May 11, 2022 at 15:12 | history | notice removed | gnat | ||
| S May 4, 2022 at 14:11 | history | bounty started | gnat | ||
| S May 4, 2022 at 14:11 | history | notice added | gnat | Authoritative reference needed | |
| S Apr 27, 2022 at 19:05 | history | bounty ended | Zombo | ||
| S Apr 27, 2022 at 19:05 | history | notice removed | Zombo | ||
| Apr 22, 2022 at 22:25 | comment | added | Bhargav Rao | My first question was, who's this John Oliver ... After which I realised that I probably should follow some bits of US news as well. :p | |
| S Apr 20, 2022 at 18:37 | history | bounty started | Zombo | ||
| S Apr 20, 2022 at 18:37 | history | notice added | Zombo | Draw attention | |
| S Apr 20, 2022 at 18:37 | history | bounty ended | Zombo | ||
| S Apr 20, 2022 at 18:37 | history | notice removed | Zombo | ||
| Apr 19, 2022 at 22:42 | comment | added | Amazon Dies In Darkness | "I think it's important to know how Stack Exchange is being portrayed in public; it doesn't seem to be in a good light." Stack Exchange hasn't been portrayed in good light within professional circles for years. I somehow doubt Stack Exchange really cares as long as the money keeps flowing in for their executives and the parent company (which reportedly has a very ugly history). | |
| Apr 19, 2022 at 21:35 | answer | added | forest distrusts StackExchange | timeline score: 25 | |
| S Apr 13, 2022 at 17:25 | history | bounty started | Zombo | ||
| S Apr 13, 2022 at 17:25 | history | notice added | Zombo | Draw attention | |
| Apr 13, 2022 at 6:54 | answer | added | bad_coder | timeline score: 20 | |
| Apr 12, 2022 at 18:44 | comment | added | BSMP | @VLAZ Step 6 is closing the "Please don't go" popup that appears when you weren't even going to leave but it thought you were because you moved your mouse to the edge of the screen or you took too long to click something. | |
| Apr 12, 2022 at 15:33 | comment | added | ColleenV | @This_is_NOT_a_forum Interestingly, the cookie dialog from cookielaw.org is way better than Stack Exchange's... i.sstatic.net/r49vX.png | |
| Apr 12, 2022 at 15:27 | comment | added | This_is_NOT_a_forum | The default happens to be privacy when JavaScript is blocked from domain cookielaw.org. Though not exactly optimal or intuitive. | |
| Apr 12, 2022 at 12:42 | comment | added | PM 2Ring | Also related: Stop tracking users without their consent | |
| Apr 12, 2022 at 12:28 | comment | added | VLAZ | A typical website visit in 2022 | |
| Apr 12, 2022 at 6:41 | comment | added | Shadow Wizard | Somewhat ironically, you made it so that those who want to see the original images you posted have to perform two steps (right click --> open in new tab) instead of one (sounds familiar?) by removing the default link to original image offered by the image uploader, and using some very weird markdown instead, really no idea why. :( | |
| Apr 11, 2022 at 21:01 | answer | added | ColleenV | timeline score: 50 | |
| Apr 11, 2022 at 19:37 | comment | added | Mast | Has anyone mentioned the Google Analytics cookie on SE yet? Why is the Google Analytics cookie defined as "strictly necessary" and saved without consent? It has been bountied for a while now. They're working on it, but it's taking a lot longer than the 6-8 weeks we've come to expect. An official "we're working on it and taking roughly this or that approach" would be a good start. | |
| Apr 11, 2022 at 19:32 | answer | added | Journeyman GeekMod | timeline score: -16 | |
| Apr 11, 2022 at 18:44 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | Also a bunch of folks found the actual post Link to cookie policy doesn't work in "Accept all cookies" popup that was blurred out, and figured out its a fairly obvious google hit searching for cookie popup - so its not really specific to SE | |
| Apr 11, 2022 at 17:55 | history | edited | pkamb | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 11, 2022 at 17:47 | history | edited | 41686d6564 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 11, 2022 at 17:38 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | youtu.be/wqn3gR1WTcA?t=1159 is around where it is. That said, he started with SE's "accept all cookies/customise" then switched over to another site which is inexplicably bilingual? | |
| Apr 11, 2022 at 17:05 | comment | added | Zoe - Save the data dump | They're the poster child of many things wrong with the internet atm :') Obligatory reminder to submit a complaint with your local GDPR regulator | |
| Apr 11, 2022 at 16:18 | comment | added | ColleenV | A few related discussions: meta.stackexchange.com/q/359358/273494, meta.stackexchange.com/q/362697/273494, meta.stackexchange.com/q/367370/273494 It should not be surprising to SE that their implementation of the cookie consent dialog is negatively perceived. Even if they think the feedback they received on Meta about it was not representative of their larger audience, the dialog is obviously designed to strong-arm people into consenting. | |
| Apr 11, 2022 at 15:53 | history | edited | Zombo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 11, 2022 at 15:48 | history | edited | Laurel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 11, 2022 at 15:46 | comment | added | Mad Scientist | And the SE dialog is rather tame compared to some out there like the ones with artifical delays when you select "customize cookies". Though the dialog hardly matters when SE misclassifies Google Analytics as "Strictly Necessary". | |
| Apr 11, 2022 at 15:45 | answer | added | Zombo | timeline score: 28 | |
| Apr 11, 2022 at 15:33 | history | asked | Zombo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
