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Part of the problem is that we've trained everyone, especially nontechnical people, to ignore and dismiss stuff. You're using a program. A thingy pops up or un
by atomicnumber3 4y ago
Part of the problem is that we've trained everyone, especially nontechnical people, to ignore and dismiss stuff.
You're using a program. A thingy pops up or unexpectedly shows up that interrupts you.
80% chance it's some stupid ad or newsletter thing. Dismiss with prejudice.
19% chance it's a "oopsie poopsie we did and whoopsie, the server monkeys are working VERY HARD to fix this, sowwy!!" and then the app still works apparently just fine, or if it doesn't you just force close and re-open the app.
1% of the time it's an ad again.
In the remaining floating point error's worth of %, it's an actual actionable thing a user could action to fix the issue.
I don't really blame people for just predicting that a pop up will be useless because it probably will be.