Taggart: ~# Apr 9, 2023
We had a choice lo those many years ago. If only...
Show threadZathras
@mttaggart Happy September 10812, 1993.
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Taggart: ~# Apr 9, 2023
We had a choice lo those many years ago. If only...
Show threadZoeApr 9, 2023

@mttaggart The different font weights for the different options does a fantastic job of conveying the relative danger levels.

You just don't see that quality of UI design now that the internet has ruined everything.

Show threadTaggart: ~# Apr 9, 2023
@zoe Masto's image compression is really doing a number on this image.
Show threadSaturniusMons Apr 9, 2023
@zoe @mttaggart No! It's the internet that's not ready for me!
Show threadZuri (he/him) 🕐 CETSep 20, 2023
@zoe @mttaggart deceptive design patterns ftw
Show threadZathrasApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart Happy September 10812, 1993.
Show threadCharlotteApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart I'm really curious what it said if you asked it to tell you more about the internet!
Show threadZuri (he/him) 🕐 CETSep 20, 2023
@charlotte @mttaggart "Microsoft Encarta is on its way to you"
Show threadxyhhxApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart that alt text tho
Show threadDiabolic PreacherApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart Internet is not ready for me. I had too much internet. Take me to thaaat internet. etc. etc.
Show threadEric J. KorpelaApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart Allowing people to self-certify their internet readiness was the real mistake.
Show threadIron Curtain (Chiptunes)Apr 9, 2023

@mttaggart And throw away Bandcamp, the internet archive, and Mastodon?

Fuck that, gimme the internet…

Show threadNeko the gamerApr 9, 2023
@IronCurtain @mttaggart i love Bandcamp too i can't leave it
Show threadcontranymApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZQw3o_DsVk
Eels - Not Ready Yet

YouTube
Show threadDavid PApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart love the Alt-Text
Show threadroodApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart where's "fucker is going to spy on me for sure"? It's exactly what people said, and everyone's been spied on a dozen times over.
Show threadPeters J VecrumbaApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart
I was an Internet user long before browsers arrived, in the days that it was populated mainly by technology corporations, universities, and online services. (I checked my own flights on EasySaabre.)
It was never the Internet that was the problem, it was its eventual "democratization" giving voice and critical mass to conspiracies and idiots.
Show threadjonny (good kind)Apr 9, 2023
@vecrumba
@mttaggart
he said keep the internet l33t
Show threadMistial DeveloperApr 9, 2023

@vecrumba @mttaggart The thing about idiocy is we are all subject to Knoll's Law. We all have different contexts in which we are knowledgeable, and for some that list may be much smaller, but the world is big and complex and there is too much to know.

The internet just gives everyone a microphone and pumps the feed in by IV.

Show threadEnaroApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart Not sure why this post reminded me of that person who once said, who still uses cash these days? 🤚
Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.Apr 9, 2023
@mttaggart Replace "the Internet" in that screenshot with "AI", and you have just explained the last 3 weeks of tech news reporting. But in option 3, also replace "I'm" with "We're".
Show threadR0B0 G0DApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart No-one was ready for the Internet.
Show threadPatrickApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart still one of my favourite setup questions. It seemed so harmless and innocent back in the days.
Show threadTritzApr 9, 2023

@mttaggart Most of us couldn't have known. And in the words of Bo Burnham: "You know? ... It wasn't always like this. Not very long ago, just before your time. Right before the towers fell, circa '99. This was catalogs, travel blogs, a chatroom or two."

The broad use made it what it is. We made it to what it is. We and some of our crazy and repugnant minds. But the "normal" corners of it are still out there. And in the end it's upon us to put on our filter and leave everything else behind.

Show threadjuanejotApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart DM the Internet that I’m gonna doomscroll for a bit, but I might stream its playthrough later.
If it knows what any of that means, then the right choice may not have been made.
Show threadGary HyslopApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart
Show threadAPITEApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart @acousticmirror If they added a choice saying ‘Are You Kidding? The Internet’s Not Ready For Me!’ that when checked removed the user permanently from accessing anything Online might have saved all of us a lot of headaches… 🤣
Show threadbxlApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart that should have been the default
Show threadAlmadApr 9, 2023
@mttaggart This, but for AI
Show threadColin R (he/him)Apr 9, 2023
@mttaggart
Show threadRicardo B�nffyApr 10, 2023
@mttaggart what UI was this?
Show threadlolcatApr 10, 2023
@mttaggart Echoing your sentiments, and those of others who have responded, I also suffer from Eternal September syndrome. My resentment is directed less toward users (people) than consolidation, surveillance, and using >= 1GB to display a few lines of text in a browser. Mostly, I'm just disappointed and tired of it all.
Show threadYaoi Box BalloonApr 10, 2023
@mttaggart I keep weighing these options cuz honestly thanks to the internet, I can work naked from bed whilst peeling onions with my feet.
Show threadZuri (he/him) 🕐 CETSep 20, 2023
@monsoonrains @mttaggart That can just as well be a job description
Show threadYaoi Box BalloonSep 20, 2023
@shaedrich @mttaggart That is my unofficial job description.
Show threadDanJul 25, 2023
@mttaggart Is it too late to sign up for x.25?
Show threadZuri (he/him) 🕐 CETSep 20, 2023
@mttaggart
Show threadIvan 🇪🇸Oct 28, 2023
@mttaggart What Mac OS is this?