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You agree and then list a bunch of technical problems.

by dqpb 4y ago

phailhaus 4y ago
Those aren't technical problems. They have nothing to do with the tech stack of Twitter, how it scales, whether it's centralized or decentralized, etc. It's entirely how the experience is structured and what users are allowed to do, how site is designed independent of implementation details.
- dqpb 4y ago
  Those are technical problems. "Technical" doesn't just mean tech stack.
  - phailhaus 4y ago
    If you use "technical" that broadly, then everything is "technical" because at some point code has to be written for it. The design of Twitter is not technical. The fact that there is no "dislike" button is not a technical issue, it is a design decision. The point is that when pointing out issues with Twitter, everyone is focusing on internals. The issue is not the implementation. It's the design. It's like everyone's saying "the reason why TV rots your mind is because it uses CRT's! LCD is obviously better." Neither addresses the actual underlying problem.
    - dqpb 4y ago
      You should look up the word in a dictionary. You might be surprised by its definition.
      - deleted 4y ago
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      - phailhaus 4y ago
        1. relating to a particular subject, art, or craft, or its techniques. "technical terms" 2. of, involving, or concerned with applied and industrial sciences. Wow, that was completely useless. What's your point? Or was that just a "zinger" to get the last word in?
        dqpb 4y ago
        I'm using the word as broadly as it's meant to be used.
        phailhaus 4y ago
        How does that help in the context in the current discussion? We're clearly drawing a distinction between technical implementation details and design decisions. Twitter made a design decision to only allow following people and Topics, and not supporting a dislike button. Notice how I didn't mention anything about how those are implemented, because those would be technical details. Everyone's bogged down in how Twitter is implemented, rather than addressing the high-level design of the website itself.
- boxed 4y ago
  OP says the problem is with humans. You clearly say at least part of the problem is with the code. OP would call that "technical problems". As would I.

You agree and then list a bunch of technical problems.

by dqpb 4y ago

You agree and then list a bunch of technical problems.

Those aren't technical problems. They have nothing to do with the tech stack of Twitter, how it scales, whether it's centralized or decentralized, etc. It's entirely how the experience is structured and what users are allowed to do, how site is designed independent of implementation details.

dqpb 4y ago
Those are technical problems. "Technical" doesn't just mean tech stack.
- phailhaus 4y ago
  If you use "technical" that broadly, then everything is "technical" because at some point code has to be written for it. The design of Twitter is not technical. The fact that there is no "dislike" button is not a technical issue, it is a design decision. The point is that when pointing out issues with Twitter, everyone is focusing on internals. The issue is not the implementation. It's the design. It's like everyone's saying "the reason why TV rots your mind is because it uses CRT's! LCD is obviously better." Neither addresses the actual underlying problem.
  - dqpb 4y ago
    You should look up the word in a dictionary. You might be surprised by its definition.
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
    - phailhaus 4y ago
      1. relating to a particular subject, art, or craft, or its techniques. "technical terms" 2. of, involving, or concerned with applied and industrial sciences. Wow, that was completely useless. What's your point? Or was that just a "zinger" to get the last word in?
      - dqpb 4y ago
        I'm using the word as broadly as it's meant to be used.
        phailhaus 4y ago
        How does that help in the context in the current discussion? We're clearly drawing a distinction between technical implementation details and design decisions. Twitter made a design decision to only allow following people and Topics, and not supporting a dislike button. Notice how I didn't mention anything about how those are implemented, because those would be technical details. Everyone's bogged down in how Twitter is implemented, rather than addressing the high-level design of the website itself.
boxed 4y ago
OP says the problem is with humans. You clearly say at least part of the problem is with the code. OP would call that "technical problems". As would I.