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by stevelow 3540 days ago
Hi, I'm Steve, one of the developers on the ViewedIt team. If you have any questions about ViewedIt, we're listening and are happy to answer them. ViewedIt recordings are powered by the chrome screen recording apis - https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/tabCapture for browser tab recording, getUserMedia for screen & webcam, and the MediaRecorder api to record the streams.
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shapov 3540 days ago
As a person receiving the screen recording, do I have the option to opt-out, and not report my viewing metrics back to the creator?
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dccollie 3540 days ago
Hey, I'm also a developer on ViewedIt.

As the viewer, you can't opt-out of analytics. The analytics are only identifiable as you (the viewer) if the recorder sends you the video through gmail as ViewedIt will append your email as a query string param to the ViewedIt link. If shared through social media, you'll still send analytics back so that the recorder knows how many views their video got, but you as the viewer won't be identified in those views.

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SamBam 3540 days ago
+1. Similarly, as a creator do I have the option of opting out all my viewers of metrics, so that the issue never even comes up for them?

If I'm creating a video, I don't want the people I'm sending it to to feel like I'm getting marketing data from them (assuming I'm not).

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shapov 3540 days ago
Yep, I was thinking that it will make the viewers feel like someone is standing over the shoulder watching.
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xpose2000 3540 days ago
I just tried it and think its awesome. It's extremely easy to use and works really well. I'd love to use it on a regular basis..... but....

1) The terms of service are kinda scary. If I amass a large library of awesome videos you guys can turn off your servers and walk away like it's no big deal and you guys own the videos I make.

2) It seems as though you are doing everything you can to avoid users from embeding videos and want users to visit viewedit.com instead. Will this change?

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imglorp 3540 days ago
(1) may be a showstopper, but (2) is a creative turnoff.

I would think embedding little video snippets in a web page, interspersed with prose, would be the killer presentation use case. Instead, the product promotes itself to center stage, above the content itself.

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webwanderings 3540 days ago
Is this private or public?
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