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• @deathkitten@firetribe.org 2026-03-27 21:24

  @cavyherd@wandering.shop @CliftonR@wandering.shop I've noticed there's largely two groups of computer users: - those who are afraid they'll blow the computer up if they do something that's not explicitly and clearly invited - those who learned to use the computer by fucking around with it Those in the latter group do not always understand that those in the former exist. That subgroup think it's perfectly normal to constantly find new features just because they hadn't poked a particular thing in the right way yet, and it doesn't occur to them that some people need guidance on how things work. Unfortunately, a lot of that subgroup also happen to be the ones who code things in open source, and they aren't even concerned about mass adoption because they're making something for themselves first and foremost. That's fine for the most part, but it sure would be nice if they'd listen to feedback when things reach a wider adoption, but instead I see shit like "we don't want to clutter up the UI" when users ask for useful features. (A recent example, NextCloud doesn't always implement word wrap on text documents correctly, and when people asked for a button to toggle it when it gets it wrong, that's the exact response they gave! >.<)

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