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Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by sushid »

g_p wrote: post #20

Rejecting the cookie banner pops up a timed overlay (only appearing after you dismiss the game's onboarding guide) telling you that your cookie preferences are saved, unless you don't save cookies... If you don't save cookies, this appears for 5 or so seconds above the keyboard every time you load the site. A small nag, but a good reminder of the decay in user experience as soon as sites start adding tracking and sim…

How did Wordle track your progress and stats before? localStorage? I feel like this change is very subtle and very user friendly for an acquisition.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by jtr1 »

_bramses wrote: post #14

"why are people acting like Wordle was some Marxist utopian co-op that got bought by Monsanto"[1] my fav tweet from all the vitriol a solo developer is getting for selling their personal project [1] https://twitter.com/quepaso_daniel/status/148858283450784563...

This is a funny tweet, but in some sense it kind of was. It was a mostly universal, fun, communal experience that existed for a short period of time outside the pressures of the profit motive. It was valued for its use and not its exchange, it was free to everyone, and that made it a kind of small commons.

I think everyone knew that couldn’t last. It was either going to fade away or get bought. I don’t personally know anyone who begrudges the developer for cashing out (I would if I were in his shoes), but I’m still a little sad to see the fences start going up around it.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by theginger »

I thought it had wiped all the scores because I already played today's. But I think I must have played it during the migration period or something because it was the same word, and after getting it my previous stats are there.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by shadowfacts »

kwertyoowiyop wrote: post #29
omnicognate wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've not seen a single comment criticising the dev for it. I'm pretty annoyed with the nyt though.

Why? They bought it, they can do whatever they want with it.

They /can/ do whatever they want, that doesn't mean you have to like it.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by gnicholas »

Is it possible to tell if they're using the same solutions as were originally projected? I assume these are not hardcoded for all to see anymore.

Also, are they using the same list of valid words as before?

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by Something1234 »

jjnoakes wrote: post #39
anthk wrote: post #26

You can write your own clone with grep, sh and /usr/share/dict/words.

This seems like quite a dismissive comment. I think there is a lot to be said for the presentation, polish, how easy it is to share, and the idea that everyone sees the exact same puzzle once per day, making it viral as you compete with your friends. I've never seen grep do that on its own.

I mean maybe if we used shuf with the same seed value for everyone it would work.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by banana_giraffe »

They've also removed the following from the list of words in future games

wench, slave, fibre, agora, pupal, lynch

And removed the following from the list of words that are accepted as guesses (in addition to the above ones):

gooks, darky, pussy, spick, spics, bitch, fagot, dyked, coons, spiks, sluts, dykey, faggy, homos, chink, dykes, lesbo, kikes, whore

Most of those I get, but why did fibre, agora, and pupal get pulled?

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by Jcampuzano2 »

sushid wrote: post #41
g_p wrote: post #20

Rejecting the cookie banner pops up a timed overlay (only appearing after you dismiss the game's onboarding guide) telling you that your cookie preferences are saved, unless you don't save cookies... If you don't save cookies, this appears for 5 or so seconds above the keyboard every time you load the site. A small nag, but a good reminder of the decay in user experience as soon as sites start adding tracking and sim…

How did Wordle track your progress and stats before? localStorage? I feel like this change is very subtle and very user friendly for an acquisition.

It was all in localstorage, yeah. You can still see a lot of it in localstorage, albeit with a bit more things there than before.
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