@sahil did you get consent from members to send their images, full names, and companies out in a marketing email?
Really disturbing to open my email to see the faces of colleagues.
Wtf are you doing?
braintank
Consent?
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To all members check your email for "300,000 sales people are waiting" you might find someone you know 🤦
Agreed and the crazy part is when you view the profile and click on the ‘@‘ it opens the outlook with that persons email. How irritating is that
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS
Yo!
i didnt get this email
Wtf??????
Here's what went out.
How did this place go from being an anon community to @sahilpimping us out in a desperate attempt to make money in <48 hours?
How did this place go from being an anon community to @sahilpimping us out in a desperate attempt to make money in <48 hours?
Glad you said something, most of those emails go to my social folder I never check. It’s a little odd that my photos in that email were people I know directly, like old coworkers that I’m connected to on LI…hope my photo isn’t anywhere in someone’s inbox!
Wow, fuck this. I just checked my inbox and there it is. I made a post and someone came in claiming to know who I was (but of course never replied when I asked how) and suddenly I think there was some truth to it. Having an anonymous platform isn’t just about bitching but also to ask for advice or do whatever. We’re not criminals or anything for wanting privacy.
I'm still getting full details, but this email doesn't seem to have anything at all to do the War Room.
This seems connected to your public portfolio / connections. Which are 100% distinct from your WR profile + username, which remains fully anonymized.
Not sure how this is an attempt to make money?
This seems connected to your public portfolio / connections. Which are 100% distinct from your WR profile + username, which remains fully anonymized.
Not sure how this is an attempt to make money?
I didn't make a public profile. This seems to have been done for me. How do I delete it?
I do not want to be able to toggle...I do not want to network. I do not wish to participate in Bravado's public services that were more or less forced on the community as a means to develop a false sense of demand for your placement product. Please allow users to opt-out.
If you will not allow me to opt-out, please remove me from the platform. Case in point: every time I click "reply" it flashes my public profile in the toggle menu first, and then my private 5 seconds later. This is a matter of time before someone is doxxed via a bug.
If you will not allow me to opt-out, please remove me from the platform. Case in point: every time I click "reply" it flashes my public profile in the toggle menu first, and then my private 5 seconds later. This is a matter of time before someone is doxxed via a bug.
Agreed. I have asked several times and even created a post asking how to delete this and still have not received a single response.
Working on giving you this option asap. It's fair feedback.
I don't have a public portfolio that I am aware of. That's why I'm confused.
I didn't either. I never would've consented.
No way to revoke access in UI
Guess we have to delete our LinkedIn profiles and start completely over.
Bruh that is not a good enough answer. This shit is shady as fuck
Yes it is. They know it too.
We have been working this weekend to build you a way to remove your LNKD profile from WR Profile - update coming tomorrow.
This would have been helpful to hear Friday instead of being in a constant state of worry over the weekend.
Or have this built before the feature shipped...
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They just hid that button lmao
Please delete my public profile
Let us know if you are successful.
I’m really surprised by this move. I get that in a scrappy startup you need to push until you “break things”. That said, losing trust is hard to recover from.
Extremely hard. 🦊
Oh wow, I just saw this… well, I just learned that a bunch of my colleagues are in here 😮
Oh, I KNOW colleagues of mine are aware of the WR and may or may not be participating. After all, isn't that what those super invites are for?
That said, I'd like to think I'm at least leaving people guessing as to who I am (outside of the ONE person who found me and you know who you are).
That said, I'd like to think I'm at least leaving people guessing as to who I am (outside of the ONE person who found me and you know who you are).
Ooh how did that person find out?
Good old fashioned sleuthing! Totally fair. I'm sure I've dropped some pretty good clues over time. I'm careful but not paranoid, though I will say in some anecdotes I've changed a couple details so I'm not totally obvious.
Aaaah damn, well, all of this is a good reminder that I should be careful about the stories I say
Depends on who finds you! In my case, it was someone cool, so it was a good thing.
I always change details 🐇
Yep, tossing in some red herrings. :).
I don’t mind being legitimately found out. After all, I could plausibly deny it was me!
I don’t mind being legitimately found out. After all, I could plausibly deny it was me!
The longer this goes on the more livid I become.
I am seething over the possibility of being in that fucking email blast.
I am seething over the possibility of being in that fucking email blast.
Tbh this could be Bravado just scraping LinkedIn details and spoofing “users” on this email, might just be an unfortunate coincidence. I mean I still don’t understand how the fuck they can claim there are “300,000” users.
Either way this is fucked
Either way this is fucked
Then why the hell is there an option to use my gov name when I didn't give consent?
Right - I’m on an anonymous platform, did not create a public profile, and have not opted in to having my real info shared with anybody, even if they aren’t overtly linking my real name to my WarRoom alias.
Exactly. Answers that skirt around what we are asking are deceitful and fucking rude. We aren't stupid.
I found two people from a company I used to work for in that email and was like "Ah fuck, what are they doing here?" Haha but fr, a bit creepy.
You know that they can now check your wins and triangulate to you with any comment that you made
Excuse me?
It's from like a couple of years ago, so it's cool.
One of many reasons I haven’t done the win wire. Too easy to expose myself.
Hey @sahil, I had a former coworker show up in my email. This means if I showed up in his, all of a sudden some of the wins can be traced back to me.
Ok so everyone go delete your win wire info.
two words that I love, Plausible Deniability.
Haven't seen it yet but keeping my eyes peeled since that's concerning.
wow this is disturbing
Yes it is. My personal keeps popping up first when I try to comment. Check yours before you hit reply.
Wholly shit this is pretty bad. I regonized at least one person from that email. Has anyone been successful to delete their pub profile??
No. We are still waiting.
Seriously!!?
I only really care if it links to my anon but I also have 0 online presence with my face except a private LinkedIn profile so if they send that out I’d be pissed
Any updates on this? I have never submitted anything to the "public" profile, other than the information I used to sign up and link my profile. Was my data shared without my consent? How can I find this out?
???
This is the first I'm hearing about this. Let me review and I'll be back.
Getting full details now, but to clarify: This email has NOTHING to do with the War Room.
On Bravado, every Member has 2 profiles: public + private.
Your private profile (IE - your war room profile, your WR handle, etc.) are 100% private and have ZERO connection to your public profile.
Your public profile (IE - "My Portfolio") is how Members can network with one another, log their sales achievements, find a job, get side-hustles with Bravado Flex, etc.
The email that was sent out was only connected to your public profile. There is no connection between this email / public profile...and your WR profile/identity.
On Bravado, every Member has 2 profiles: public + private.
Your private profile (IE - your war room profile, your WR handle, etc.) are 100% private and have ZERO connection to your public profile.
Your public profile (IE - "My Portfolio") is how Members can network with one another, log their sales achievements, find a job, get side-hustles with Bravado Flex, etc.
The email that was sent out was only connected to your public profile. There is no connection between this email / public profile...and your WR profile/identity.
When I signed up, it was for the War Room. The War Room only. One private anonymous profile. I signed up with one email address. I do not want this public profile. For those of us that wish to delete it, please tell us how.
That is entirely fair feedback.
Thank you, I'm in the same boat. I haven't filled anything out in the public profile or portfolio. I come here to participate in the community, nothing more. I get why some may be interested, but I'm not.
I am not either. Why do we still not have answers?
I suspect too much went wrong at once and they’re scrambling.
It's been plenty of time to say how to delete public profiles. This is unacceptable.
The button don't work
I love how they just removed that button now so you can't see it.
"FIXED IT!"
"FIXED IT!"
But @sahilif I recall correctly you created these public profiles automatically w/ no opt-in from the users.
I have one that is tied to my LinkedIn (which i used to sign up for war room initially). I never created this profile, it just showed up.
I have one that is tied to my LinkedIn (which i used to sign up for war room initially). I never created this profile, it just showed up.
SAME
We already have that, and it’s called LinkedIn. What’s the advantage of having another? I don’t want a public profile of any kind, and you guys really bury the option for deleting it because I’m looking all over and can’t find it.
who cares
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