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But that then implies that they are, at varying levels, evil. Or it implies they have motivations perhaps not understood, which was the OP's point. Hanlon's R
by jamesbritt 13y ago
But that then implies that they are, at varying levels, evil.
Or it implies they have motivations perhaps not understood, which was the OP's point.
Hanlon's Razor doesn't say that if something isn't caused by stupidity or incompetence then it must be malice.
- mikeash 13y agoNo, the dichotomy between incompetence and evil comes from the situation. The Razor is just an illustration. There are only two choices here. Either they want people to read their articles and are doing a bad job of it (incompetence) or they are luring people under false pretenses and preventing them from doing what they want (evil). There is no third way. "Motivations perhaps not understood" is just a way of saying that we may not know why they're being evil.
- jamesbritt 13y agoOr they want you to look at ads as part of reading the content. Which is not really how I care to read things, but that doesn't make it evil. Where does the false pretense come in? The popover crap? Some anecdata: I just viewed that same article on my phone, an Android G2. Zero trouble. No font-size issues (though I could have upped the font size without zooming in the whole page; I'm amazed at sites that manage to prevent that). No popover stuff. There was a smallish banner ad at the very top. I apparently got a page designed for a mobile device, because there was no sidebar stuff either. Could this be an iPad issue?