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> It's extremely hard to coach non-technical users into making the right call when presented with a security warning box. And not presenting them with any call

> It's extremely hard to coach non-technical users into making the right call when presented with a security warning box. And not presenting them with any call at all is guaranteed to keep them non-technical. We have to take the training wheels off at some point.

userbinator 7y ago
The companies don't want that, because they are afraid of losing control over their "users" as the latter become more technologically literate and realise there are better alternatives. You can already see some of this in things like DRM and adblocking, and of course the various walled gardens. Mainstream software is all about keeping users blissfully ignorant and consuming.
themacguffinman 7y ago
And it's Twitter's job to train them?
- vanderZwan 7y ago
  It's not about whether it's Twitter's job to "train" them, a warning page before continuing a link is hardly that. It's about whether they should trust their users and believe that the latter can take responsibility for their own choices, and figure these things out themselves.
  - themacguffinman 7y ago
    > It's about whether they should trust their users and believe that the latter can take responsibility for their own choices, and figure these things out themselves. You're just begging the question. Why should they do that?
    - vanderZwan 7y ago
      Not really, this is turning into the equivalent of a six year old replying with "why?" to every answer, except you're adults pretending to be oblivious.
      - themacguffinman 7y ago
        You're free not to reply, but I'm not sure why you're calling me childish to ask for an actual reason you think it makes sense for Twitter to do all these things you're asking them to do. Enlighten me. I could assume the worst of your intentions as you've done, but I'm honestly interested in why you think it makes sense for Twitter to "trust their users" to "take responsibility for their own choices".

userbinator 7y ago

The companies don't want that, because they are afraid of losing control over their "users" as the latter become more technologically literate and realise there are better alternatives. You can already see some of this in things like DRM and adblocking, and of course the various walled gardens. Mainstream software is all about keeping users blissfully ignorant and consuming.

themacguffinman 7y ago

And it's Twitter's job to train them?

vanderZwan 7y ago
It's not about whether it's Twitter's job to "train" them, a warning page before continuing a link is hardly that. It's about whether they should trust their users and believe that the latter can take responsibility for their own choices, and figure these things out themselves.
- themacguffinman 7y ago
  > It's about whether they should trust their users and believe that the latter can take responsibility for their own choices, and figure these things out themselves. You're just begging the question. Why should they do that?
  - vanderZwan 7y ago
    Not really, this is turning into the equivalent of a six year old replying with "why?" to every answer, except you're adults pretending to be oblivious.
    - themacguffinman 7y ago
      You're free not to reply, but I'm not sure why you're calling me childish to ask for an actual reason you think it makes sense for Twitter to do all these things you're asking them to do. Enlighten me. I could assume the worst of your intentions as you've done, but I'm honestly interested in why you think it makes sense for Twitter to "trust their users" to "take responsibility for their own choices".