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A website to destroy all websites

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Re: A website to destroy all websites

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Post by fantasizr »

FarmerPotato wrote: post #251
fantasizr wrote: post #224

Earlier quoted context omitted.

not essentially private per se, but usenet groups and bbs had a natural vetting because it required some competency to even access it

Listen while I tell of Christmas 1983, when every 14-year old with a VIC-20 got a cheap modem. Seriously, haven't we been working tirelessly to expand the circle of access? Nostalgia reflects when the circle was smaller, and we felt that we knew everyone in it.

I've come around on this one. you used to be the town idiot who was a flat earther, but thanks to the internet you're part of the community

Re: A website to destroy all websites

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Post by GTP »

rdiddly wrote: post #387
GTP wrote: post #376

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Just out of curiosity, do you happen to have or have had a blog? Also, I think part of the problem for me is that I think no-one would would read it anyway, which, depending on how you look at it, can both be an incentive or a disincentive. But sometimes I also think about it as some sort of conversation starter or tool to help me foster conversations. The idea would be to write about some things I happen to talk abo…

Yep, you can put me in the "used to have a blog" category! Toward the end I just got busy on other things and drifted away from it. Been thinking about starting up again lately though, which is why all of this stuff is top-of-mind. I definitely hear you on the "no-one would read it" fears. There's an awful lot of chatter out there, an ocean of it. So it helps (just to flog my earlier point again) if it's part of what…

Thanks for sharing. Is your blog still online? If you don't mind, I would be curious to have a glance at it.

Re: A website to destroy all websites

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Post by Leno1225 »

pavlus wrote: post #148
Aurornis wrote: post #25

I think the comments here are a great example of why this idea always sounds better in nostalgic reminiscence than in practice: As I write this, nearly half of the comments here are complaining about this website. There are complaints about requiring JavaScript, the font size, the design, the color choices, the animations. Complaints about everything the designer did to make this site unique and personal, which was t…

I've read your comment before visiting the site, and it got me wondering -- how bad can it be? Can it be worse than those acid green on red sites of the 90s-00s? Imagine my surprise, when I opened the site and it looked and felt just like a museum or art exhibit. This was the literal feeling I had -- being at an art gallery, but online. I guess, these comments tell more about the commenters, than TFA. We should remin…

Right. I was also pleasantly surprised; it looks great, reads fluidly, and is clean on the page. It is somewhat artsy, to be sure, but nothing complaint-worthy in comparison to modern websites.

Re: A website to destroy all websites

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Post by greendestiny_re »

I find the lack of respect for accessibility considerations on that website disturbing. For instance, I wish I could see the provided paintings in all their glory instead of as miniscule thumbnails with text plastered over them. I'm not sure why the author even bothered putting the paintings in there in the first place; was it to annoy visitors and create a discussion?

Re: A website to destroy all websites

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Post by rdiddly »

GTP wrote: post #402
rdiddly wrote: post #387

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Yep, you can put me in the "used to have a blog" category! Toward the end I just got busy on other things and drifted away from it. Been thinking about starting up again lately though, which is why all of this stuff is top-of-mind. I definitely hear you on the "no-one would read it" fears. There's an awful lot of chatter out there, an ocean of it. So it helps (just to flog my earlier point again) if it's part of what…

Thanks for sharing. Is your blog still online? If you don't mind, I would be curious to have a glance at it.

No, it's long gone. I even managed to botch the backup I tried to make, so it really is gone.

Re: A website to destroy all websites

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Post by MattRix »

nofunsir wrote: post #379
MattRix wrote: post #322

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I read the article on mobile and I thought it was great. Then I looked at it on my desktop (in Chrome) and found it much harder to read. There are even images literally blocking off whole portions of certain paragraphs. It's not good.

I just re-read the entire thing. It is good. You're misrepresenting or you need to check your browser settings. No image blocks any paragraph, which even if it had, would be far more forgivable than modern web design. Do you consider any of Apple's modern product pages -- which "block off whole portions of" the page itself by scrolljacking and Clockwork-Oranging you to force you to watch their hypnotic marketing anim…

here are images as proof:

https://i.imgur.com/5UI6E5w.png

https://i.imgur.com/C9qlsIu.png

Re: A website to destroy all websites

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Post by mattsears »

nofunsir wrote: post #222
mattsears wrote: post #23

This is one of the most difficult articles my eyes could read. The font is so small and my eyes jumped all over the place. The web I want: One that's easy to read.

Let me guess, you want a site that is just a singular column of text, plenty of space for ad breaks, and 3/4 of your monitor is just whitespace on the left and right?

You're bad at guessing.

Re: A website to destroy all websites

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Post by rightbyte »

rescripting wrote: post #242
rightbyte wrote: post #141

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> he pays people to grind video games for him The POE shilling might be what pisses me most off about him.

I know you’re being glib, but for me it’s probably working to shutter USAID at lightning speed leading to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths. Though he also sucks at video games.

Yeah well of course there are actual bad things that weight heavier on the scale.

But the good thing about this is that it is so lame.

Re: A website to destroy all websites

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Post by noduerme »

OGEnthusiast wrote: post #270
noduerme wrote: post #263

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I mean, that is a US problem - or the problem of any country which chooses to destroy its own tourism sector. And searching social media is ancillary to that, as you say, if the main goal is simply to exclude people. I'm talking about (per the article) whether self-exclusion from social media will soon become a worldwide red flag for travel.

Oh my bad, since you mentioned American tourist visas I assumed you were only talking about America. I have not been following similar laws in other countries, maybe their motivations are different than the American intentions of completely shutting off immigrants from the USA.

That's very typically American. Being so focused on America without understanding that the choices of the American government have huge consequences for the rest of the world. You keep saying that this is all about the Trump regime keeping foreigners out of America. And that is true. But that is not the big picture. As an American you should be more worried about whether you will be allowed to leave your country, or go anywhere else when or if you want to, once America sets this precedent.
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