[tor-project] April 2019 User Feedback Report

[wayward]

Hey, team!

Welcome to the April 2019 user feedback report!

For more information on what users and community members were talking
about this month, check out the April/May 2019 User Feedback pad [1].

There weren't any updates to the stable Tor Browser Bundle during April,
so the blog had fewer comments than in other months. Overall, April was
a relatively slow month in terms of feedback.

Otherwise...

- Users on Reddit began organizing against Reddit's apparent policy of
blocking Tor exit relays [2].

- There weren't many user reported bugs in April, but two high priority
bugs were mentioned on the 8.5a11 blog post [3]

Now, on to the feedback! Scroll further down to see a summary of Reddit
posts, some points from Google Play Store reviews, a list of the most
common Stack Exchange tags from the month, and a collection of some
notable issues and bugs mentioned by users in April.

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Most common questions on Reddit:
- Users have mentioned getting "blocked" pages when using Tor Browser to
access Reddit [2].
- Questions about using VPNs.

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TBA Reviews & Feedback on Google Play Store:

The average review score is 4.1 (0.1 lower than previous months).
Reviews mention a white screen on boot, possibly related to #30284 [6].
Other users report seeing the error message related to #30284: "Control
port file not created."

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Most common stack exchange tags:

tor-browser-bundle: 16 this month
configuration: 14 this month
security: 6 this month
hidden-services: 6 this month
tails: 6 this month
connection: 6 this month
tor-install: 5 this month

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Notable bugs, fixes, & issues mentioned by users:

- #21967 - obfs4proxy not killed when unused [4]
- #29982 - Clicking on cog/gear icon crashes Tor Browser for Android [5]
- #30284 - Start fails with "Control port file not created" [6]

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That's it for the month of April! If you want to know more, please do
check out the April/May 2019 User Feedback pad [1] or reach out to me
via email (waywardwyrd at riseup dot net) or IRC (wayward).

Thanks for reading!

- wayward

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Annotations:
1.
https://storm.torproject.org/shared/UVM89BKbYewCPQzH2cPNsBQtn1PbVc47jrwlSYnGhzM
2.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/bhe4yk/reddit_is_now_blocking_certain_tor_exit_nodes_and/
3. https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-85a11
4. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21967
5. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29982
6. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/30284