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All the fun will be sucked out of software development one mildly offended HNer at a time.
by whatshisface 4y ago
All the fun will be sucked out of software development one mildly offended HNer at a time.
- elzbardico 4y agoWe should never take HNers too seriously lest we suck all the fun from everything in life.
- KerrAvon 4y agoThere is always plenty of fun to be had in software. It should never be had at the expense of users.
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y agoI don't inherently mind fun, but error messages being fun/cutesy is not the time.
- mlyle 4y agoDoing things that are kind of funny for the developers, and then ordinary users have wildly varying opinions of... isn't so great.
- Spivak 4y agoYou could make that argument about any copy. If you pick something neutral tone someone will say it's sterile and uncaring. If you pick something technical someone will say it's pointless and confusing. If you pick something firm someone will say its angry or condescending.
- mlyle 4y agoYes, but I like the reference to Scalzi someone else made in this thread: the failure state of clever is "asshole." Sterile, professional, and uncaring is a heck of a lot better than a chunk of the user population thinking "it's worse than them not caring-- they're actively mocking our complaints/problems!"
- salawat 4y ago"Mildly offended HNer" briefly registered visually as "one mildly offended Hitler at a time". I'm not sure which form I actually like better. The mental image accompanying the misparse amuses me.