delbius

but how DO you turn it off?

I go to Yelp to do a search only to see, up at the top:

Okay, whatever. I don’t want my experience personalized, though I get why people might. I don’t hate it, I just don’t want it. I go to turn it off on Facebook, as per the information on the “options” dropdown on Yelp. There, I see …

Wait, it’s not available for me yet? But it’s on! It’s on, and it’s for me! Maybe it’s because my language is set to English(UK). Maybe there’s some sort of “not available in England” bug hitting me.

I change the language. English(US). Log out, log back in.

Well, now there’s a “z” instead of an “s” in “personalization,” but it also clearly shows that I don’t have it turned on. Back to Yelp! Is it off?

Haha, no. 

To recap: at first, it wasn’t an option for me to even *have* instant personalization, though it was on and functioning on partner sites; now it’s an option, but it’s off — and still functioning on partner sites. 

Baffling.