[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10621: restore default "checked" behavior of blog_public switch in install.php

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#10621: restore default "checked" behavior of blog_public switch in install.php
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 Reporter:  stevejohnson     |        Owner:  westi 
     Type:  enhancement      |       Status:  closed
 Priority:  high             |    Milestone:  2.8.5 
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |      Version:  2.8   
 Severity:  major            |   Resolution:  fixed 
 Keywords:  needs-patch      |  
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Changes (by stevejohnson):

  * status:  reopened => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed


Comment:

 "New setups should respect the users privacy."

 What privacy? There is no privacy on the web. You put up a website, WP or
 otherwise, you're expecting people to visit, to be able to find you. I
 haven't taken it upon myself to do a survey ( have you? ), but I seriously
 doubt the percentage of WP users who don't want their site to show up in
 search engines reaches the double digits.

 "It is important that users make an active decision to allow robot access
 to their data."

 Tell that to Google. And MSN. And Yahoo. Or any other search engine. Since
 the beginning, people have had to make an active decision NOT to allow
 access to their data.

 This patch restored WP to expected/prior behavior. There was no discussion
 on the original change, nor any notes, leading me to believe it was
 inadvertent.

 "Reading a book about website basics might be insightfull, and twice-
 thinking before doing a submit because of a misleading comment."

 Don't presume to lecture me about website 'basics'. I thought more than
 twice about opening the ticket in the first place. If hiding an install
 from robots had been default behavior from the beginning, I would have
 gone about it in a different way.

 I'm pretty much for leaving this as-is, with the original default behavior
 restored. If you think it ought to be something different, open another
 ticket that discusses why original behavior should be changed against user
 expectation, why new installs need a net-nanny, and why you think the
 discussions on this subject across the web are misleading. Maybe you'll
 gain some awareness as to what BLOGGERS want - which is, I guess not so
 obviously, to BLOG.

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