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solderpunk solderpunk at SDF.ORG
Fri May 29 17:23:12 BST 2020
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On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 04:06:26PM +0000, solderpunk wrote:
This is a disaster we have
to avoid at all costs. The user needs to be in control of this stuff.
Presenting links for them to follow *if* they want and *when* they want
gives them that control. Inlining content takes it away. We should
respect people's bandwidth and we should respect people's attention.
I realise, by the way, that this hardcore "cyber-granola" attitude isnot an explicitly stated goal of the project anywhere, so people mightfeel like it's coming out of nowhere. To be honest, the FAQ etc. werenever written with a really general audience in mind. This used to be asmall project where almost everybody involved was coming fromGopherspace and/or pubnixspace, so all this stuff was just kind ofimplicit and obvious and went without saying. Hacker News felt amillion miles away! Perhaps this should change. I am *big* on userautonomy.
Cheers,Solderpunk