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Re:Show HN: I built the antithesis of Zoom. Add GIFs, sticke... by dec0dedab0de on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @01:14PM (#25660452)
Don't forget BBSes and even AOL/Prodigy, Everything used to be more tongue in cheek, and required a bit of discovery to figure out.

Personally, I think it's been downhill since someone decided we needed ui/ux designers instead of sleep deprived developers who assumed it was always the (l)users fault for not being able to figure out how to use things. Sure, it has made things easier to use for the masses, but I don't care about the masses.

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Re:Show HN: I built the antithesis of Zoom. Add GIFs, sticke... by mwcampbell on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @03:03PM (#25661562)
> I don't care about the masses.

The "masses" are real people too, with feelings. We should care about them. Also, they include our family and, hopefully, friends.

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Re:Show HN: I built the antithesis of Zoom. Add GIFs, sticke... by dec0dedab0de on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:29PM (#25663535)
I think the internet was much better when most of my family and friends didn't know how to use it.

But yeah, I know it's basically a necessity now, and I understand that services need to cater to as many people as possible. I just wanted to be a cranky old nerd for a bit :-)

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