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Desire and access to means are not orthogonal. As desire increases, effective access to means increases. Anything can become a weapon if you're desperate enough
by anonytrary 8y ago
Desire and access to means are not orthogonal. As desire increases, effective access to means increases. Anything can become a weapon if you're desperate enough.
- jackvalentine 8y agoThat’s true. But it’s also true that people with access to more effective methods are successful more often.
- anonytrary 8y agoIndeed, because the barrier becomes lower. It's common in interaction design to purposefully guard a certain action with more clicks/steps in order to reduce the likelihood of the action being overused or abused. It appears to work for websites, for example HN makes you click the timestamp if you want to flag a comment, which likely deters knee-jerk flags.
- jackvalentine 8y agoYeah good example. I don't think we're saying anything particularly groundbreaking here.
- anonytrary 8y agoIf internet forums were meant for only the groundbreaking, they would be barren places, no?
- jackvalentine 8y agoI say it because I was surprised at the offense some people took to the idea!