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'Hiding' is shitty horrible dark-pattern bullshit with all kinds of emotional baggage attached. Why not *really* twist the screws and call it 'spineless coward'?
Any opt-out privacy downgrade is NOT OK, and it's also NOT OK that you're announcing this to such a tiny audience.
“But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
Imagine if Apple decided that everyone's photo library would be shared by default, with an opt-out button buried under three layers of menus, *and that you only found out about this from reading an update changelog on a developer site*.
And that the phone called you a fucking coward if you pressed it.
Not OK.
ETA: and where the flying fuck are your UX team?
If they haven't repeatedly screamed all this at you, they're worthless and should be fired on the spot, because *this is kindergarten-level shit*.
If they *have* and you just overrode them anyway, then what the hell are *you* doing in the job?
Comment by Milith at 04/03/2021 at 08:30 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
'Hiding' is shitty horrible dark-pattern bullshit with all kinds of emotional baggage attached. Why not really twist the screws and call it 'spineless coward'?
Boy am I glad I'm not in charge of naming features on a popular website, this sounds absolutely crazy to me.