I believe this is just the confusing way that Google handles anonymous forms. It states the account you are currently using, but then has a parenthetical indicating that the information wonât be shared.
The issue was that we were letting people upload files as submissions. If you uploaded a file, your email or name would be shared (and we had a note explaining this in the description of the question that offered the upload option). Nearly no one was using the upload option, and if you didnât upload anything, your information wasnât shared.
Unfortunately, Googleâs super confusing UI says: âThe name and photo associated with your Google account will be recorded when you upload files and submit this form. Your email is not part of your response,â which makes it seem like the form is never anonymous. (See below.)
I removed the upload option today to reduce confusion, and hope people will just create a pseudonym or fake Google account if they want to share something thatâs not publicly accessible on the internet via link anonymously.
What the form looked like:
I donât remember what the wording of the description actually was, but it was along these lines.
Hereâs what the settings for the test form look like:
I believe this is just the confusing way that Google handles anonymous forms. It states the account you are currently using, but then has a parenthetical indicating that the information wonât be shared.
Think that changed after Aleks commented
The issue was that we were letting people upload files as submissions. If you uploaded a file, your email or name would be shared (and we had a note explaining this in the description of the question that offered the upload option). Nearly no one was using the upload option, and if you didnât upload anything, your information wasnât shared.
Unfortunately, Googleâs super confusing UI says: âThe name and photo associated with your Google account will be recorded when you upload files and submit this form. Your email is not part of your response,â which makes it seem like the form is never anonymous. (See below.)
I removed the upload option today to reduce confusion, and hope people will just create a pseudonym or fake Google account if they want to share something thatâs not publicly accessible on the internet via link anonymously.
What the form looked like:
Hereâs what the settings for the test form look like:
It previously said: âYour name and profile picture will be sharedâ (or something like that), but this seems to be fixed now.