Re:Map of Proposed US Time Zone Changes
by homonculus1 on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @04:20PM
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Live posting private information, like whether you're currently in a vulnerable state like sleep, would be a huge safety concern for many people. Making this data non-public would completely defeat the purpose.
Plus, how on earth is constantly updating your status more convenient than changing the clock twice a year? Who is actually going to bother to do that? What problem does this solve exactly?
• It doesn't need to say "sleeping", just "away", "busy" or "offline" like on most messaging services now and since forever.
• Sleep/availability detection is already automatic and can be improved.
• Extra details don't need to be public, only shared with [specific] friends. Unexpected calls from unknown contacts wouldn't be welcome anyway.
Why, when analyzing some proposed future "improvement", do we assume that everything else will/must remain unchanged?
The general case with civilization and technology is that progress happens when multiple factors improve independently but happen to complement each other in tandem.
Society is already moving away from blind phone calls. People no longer seem to appreciate calls that aren't announced via text beforehand.
In the "future", everyone would/should have rich presence and status messages to see when one is asleep, busy, or available, and interact with them accordingly.