Summit has received a ton of feature requests over the years. Over time, a group of features began to accumulate that all relied on the app to track some sort of statistic. Whether it was the number of votes per user or the number of times a community was visited, these features can all be derived from tracking events.
User tracking has a bad rep since it’s often associated with ads and it’s a hot topic when discussing privacy, however the data is undeniably useful. This is why Summit will start to track certain events beginning with the next release. However, rest assured that this data will be stored on the client side only and it will be easy to opt out of.
Changes so far
- Add convenience setting to export settings to share for debugging purposes. This will be available via Settings > Import & Export settings > Copy settings for debugging. Tapping on this option will export your current settings (excluding the database) and copy it to your clipboard for easy sharing.
Well, for what will these stats be used for? A personalized “For you” feed?
No, some examples I gave was for showing stats on who you upvoted in the past and also for listing communities based on how often you visit them.
Oh ok
