Re: Possible Future Extensions

Andre Wiethoff <[email protected]> Mon, 11 May 2015 12:35:57 +0200
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Hello Tom,

thanks for your answer!
>
>     All tables called "_rating_raw" are empty!
>     But on the other hand, the "_meta" tables does contain information!!
>     Most probably the "_rating_raw" tables are aggregated and then deleted
>     afterwards?
>     I assume that the exact editor/rating values are lost forever? This
>     would really a pity to loose so many recording rating information
>     (groupable to editors/users)...
>
>     Would it be possible to not delete the rating information in the
>     future? 
>
>
> Editors can get / set their individual ratings on the site and (I 
> think) through the webservice. So they aren't 'lost'.
> As I understand it, user data like this gets removed from the 
> downloadable database. I think it's seen as a privacy issue.
This does make sense, as the editor table is also stripped of email 
addresses or passwords...

So the question is, would it be possible to receive a kind of anonymized 
rating information (e.g. with some GUID instead of the actual editor id, 
which could not be tracked or even changes everytime the DB is exported)?

Maybe for that a good idea would be to have a privacy option, which 
would allow one of the three options:
1) Export of all editor related information (e.g. for other player 
software, etc.)
2) Export of anonymized information (e.g. using an editor ID which 
actually doesn't exists)
3) No export of any editor related information allowed
(And I would tend to a default of 2) for existing users, but this would 
need intensive discussions I think...)

How does this sound?

Best regards,

Andre


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    Hello Tom,<br>
    <br>
    thanks for your answer!<br>
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              rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> All tables called
              "_rating_raw" are empty!<br>
              But on the other hand, the "_meta" tables does contain
              information!!<br>
              Most probably the "_rating_raw" tables are aggregated and
              then deleted<br>
              afterwards?<br>
              I assume that the exact editor/rating values are lost
              forever? This<br>
              would really a pity to loose so many recording rating
              information<br>
              (groupable to editors/users)...<br>
              <br>
              Would it be possible to not delete the rating information
              in the future?=A0</blockquote>
            <div><br>
              Editors can get / set their individual ratings on the site
              and (I think) through the webservice. So they aren't
              'lost'.<br>
              As I understand it, user data like this gets removed from
              the downloadable database. I think it's seen as a privacy
              issue.<br>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    This does make sense, as the editor table is also stripped of email
    addresses or passwords...<br>
    <br>
    So the question is, would it be possible to receive a kind of
    anonymized rating information (e.g. with some GUID instead of the
    actual editor id, which could not be tracked or even changes
    everytime the DB is exported)?<br>
    <br>
    Maybe for that a good idea would be to have a privacy option, which
    would allow one of the three options:<br>
    1) Export of all editor related information (e.g. for other player
    software, etc.)<br>
    2) Export of anonymized information (e.g. using an editor ID which
    actually doesn't exists)<br>
    3) No export of any editor related information allowed<br>
    (And I would tend to a default of 2) for existing users, but this
    would need intensive discussions I think...)<br>
    <br>
    How does this sound?<br>
    <br>
    Best regards,<br>
    <br>
    Andre<br>
    <br>
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