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I think it's an example of cargo cult design, where you go with relative times because everyone else is doing it, and you don't really think about usability. T
by TillE 3y ago
I think it's an example of cargo cult design, where you go with relative times because everyone else is doing it, and you don't really think about usability.
Totally agree that once it's past "X days ago", it's utter garbage. It's so stupid to scroll through Twitch vods and see a dozen videos that are "last month".
- dzhiurgis 3y agoThat's a shallow dismissal. Maybe everyone else is doing it because people love it. Same with large SUVs, non-removable batteries and thin laptops.
- searealist 3y agoThey gave a concrete example where where it is bad.
- saurik 3y agoOr, maybe people think they love this stuff, because the manufacturers told them to? The large SUV example being on your list was pretty telling... https://www.distilled.earth/p/the-loophole-that-made-cars-in-america https://www.distilled.earth/p/the-loophole-that-made-cars-in...
- dzhiurgis 3y agoMots SUVs sold are compacts and crossovers, not truck based monsters