The funniest thing to me is that this was started by the very first gif in the article, which looked like a real thing and result of a simple coding error... a

The funniest thing to me is that this was started by the very first gif in the article, which looked like a real thing and result of a simple coding error... and the top comment for that was "prepare yourself for a week of volume sliders", referring to that past Bad Phone Number Input fad. And as predicted/spurred, came the new wave.