Use Default Reading Filter by Default

[zvi]

Title:
Use Default Reading Filter by Default

Area:
reading filter, reading page

Summary:
The default reading filter should be applied to the reading page when the reading page is viewed by anyone, not just when viewed by the logged-in journal owner

Description:
The default reading filter is how one's reading page is usually served to one. However, if one has to view the reading page while logged out (maybe one is at a computer where one suspects they might be keylogged), one is currently obligated to have all subscribed journals appear on it.

I also would like the default reading page to be default for all viewers because I have an off-label use for reading filters, to wit: if something keeps appearing in my network page that I would really rather not see, I will subscribe to it and *not* put it on my default reading filter page, and then it is neither on my usual reading page nor on my network. However, if I approach my reading list while not logged in (maybe I just cleared cookies from my cache, maybe I'm at the library and about to login, whatever) then whatever it is that I was trying to avoid may pop up on my reading page.

I can't imagine any real downside to this. I mean, I guess somebody could put in the work to figure out which of your subscriptions were in your default reading filter or not, so there's a minor loss of privacy, but other than that, I can't think of anything.

Poll #2258 Use Default Reading Filter by Default

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 53

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Should be implemented as-is.
8 (15.1%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
8 (15.1%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
29 (54.7%)

(I have no opinion)
8 (15.1%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[charmian]

I'm only for this if it is NOT the default setting (in other words, that your default reading filter is not public unless you specifically click the option to make it so, and that this is adequately documented. As an option, I have no problem with it, but I much prefer that there at least be the option of keeping default filters private.)

I'm sort of confused also: what is the current behavior on DW? I know that on LJ you can make your groups private, in which case others can't see them, or you can publicize them, but it seems like on DW this privacy feature doesn't exist, because when I go to create a new subscription filter, I don't see an option to make the filter public/private? Or does it?

Is it currently possible on DW to make any subscription filter public? If so, then why not just create a "publicdefault" filter, make that public, and then view that when logged out?

[yvi]

DW doesn't have public reading filters yet. They are all handled as private at the moment.

There is a bug open here: http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2174 based on this suggestion: http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/180281.html

[charmian]

Thanks for the info! I was confused and wondered if the thing was that the default reading filter was considered special, and couldn't be made public.