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Re: Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion

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Post by 9dev » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC

philipallstar wrote: post #12

upmostly wrote: post #10

I suggest you change the demo. 1. Boys see girl 2. Boys fight over girl Creator could have chosen literally anything else to represent their product but instead went with an animation of boy emojis fighting over a girl emoji.

You could've commented literally anything else instead of this but instead went with a zero-content apparent criticism of the web page.

Reproducing cringy sexist bullshit is a choice deserving of criticism.

Re: Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion

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Post by philipallstar » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC

9dev wrote: post #21

philipallstar wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could've commented literally anything else instead of this but instead went with a zero-content apparent criticism of the web page.

Reproducing cringy sexist bullshit is a choice deserving of criticism.

No-one's mentioned that anything's sexist, or how. You're filling in the blanks to create content where there wasn't any.

Re: Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion

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Post by philipallstar » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC

praash wrote: post #19

philipallstar wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could've commented literally anything else instead of this but instead went with a zero-content apparent criticism of the web page.

> zero-content Changing the default demo is a reasonable and actionable suggestion.

But not why.

Re: Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion

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Post by kreetx » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 10:22 AM UTC

philipallstar wrote: post #23

praash wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> zero-content Changing the default demo is a reasonable and actionable suggestion.

But not why .

The topic of the demo is just ..odd: it's negative in its nature, difficult to understand (is there a message or a joke in there?), the animation isn't aesthetically pleasing either.

Re: Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion

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Post by nilirl » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 10:27 AM UTC

philipallstar wrote: post #22

9dev wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reproducing cringy sexist bullshit is a choice deserving of criticism.

No-one's mentioned that anything's sexist, or how. You're filling in the blanks to create content where there wasn't any.

That's how conversation works. Things can be implied when it's obvious.

And if it's not, the onus is on you to ask why.

Re: Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion

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Post by doginasuit » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC

This is an interesting concept, but I would rework the demos to show content that people might actually want to use. Transitions of text content describing a product or service, like bullet points that animate in sequentially comes to mind. Applying motion to text content is not something that is easy to get right, but simple and brief motions can be very effective. I would use something like content you might see in a well-made powerpoint presentation as a starting point.

Re: Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion

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Post by IceDane » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 10:31 AM UTC

The examples for the M5 exploit and the other stuff immediately make me think that the author is an idiot. I'm not calling you an idiot - I'm saying that if I were to read a technical article and the first thing I'm presented with is an absurdly stupid emoji-person animation that makes no sense and has no purpose and adds literally nothing, I would just immediately exit that website. This goes for all of the examples, and the fact that it's all so clearly written by LLMs isn't helping either.

Re: Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion

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Post by oulipo2 » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC

philipallstar wrote: post #12

upmostly wrote: post #10

I suggest you change the demo. 1. Boys see girl 2. Boys fight over girl Creator could have chosen literally anything else to represent their product but instead went with an animation of boy emojis fighting over a girl emoji.

You could've commented literally anything else instead of this but instead went with a zero-content apparent criticism of the web page.

The fact that people in the tech-world don't realize that they are embodying deeply ingrained sexist / toxic behavior is the reason why women aren't more present, and why people like Musk or other sociopaths have been celebrated by this community, while the rest of the world hate them...

Re: Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion

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Post by oulipo2 » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 10:42 AM UTC

doginasuit wrote: post #26

This is an interesting concept, but I would rework the demos to show content that people might actually want to use. Transitions of text content describing a product or service, like bullet points that animate in sequentially comes to mind. Applying motion to text content is not something that is easy to get right, but simple and brief motions can be very effective. I would use something like content you might see in…

Yes, even reworking a classic "infra diagram" with connection between a web browser and a server, but showing it as an animation could be interesting, but those little stories add very little

Re: Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion

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Post by oulipo2 » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC

philipallstar wrote: post #22

9dev wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reproducing cringy sexist bullshit is a choice deserving of criticism.

No-one's mentioned that anything's sexist, or how. You're filling in the blanks to create content where there wasn't any.

The fact that EVERYBODY here sees it but you, tells you that perhaps you should take a step back and try to understand... it might be YOU who don't get it at all...