Smart phones are designed for people who refer to food as "fuel" and want the features to be their mothers. I hate it fervently. I want these tools to be clean and unobtrusive. How is this so hard.
-
Show this thread
-
To be abundantly clear. I am not a luddite. I love smart phones. They may be the single most important invention of the modern age. I am speaking to the specifics of their design, particularly the last few years, particularly with UI. The acceleration of intrusion has tripled.
3 replies 7 retweets 127 likesShow this thread -
Having gripes with this is not small, nor petty, nor needless. What they are doing is both clearly misguided, and obvious in it's ugly intent. Nothing makes my skin crawl up the wall more than this ongoing nonsense, and the people who shrug it off.
6 replies 1 retweet 113 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @FilmCritHULK
Your criticism is valid, and I’m not excusing the design, but a way to counter it is to force your way past the loss aversion/FOMO and just turn off MOST notifications. I mostly only have on direct messaging from humans and a few other opt ins.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Hi. I already fucking do all of that. I literally only allow phone calls and a texts from a few places. But the constant maintenance I have to do to KEEP being sure this is the case is insanely time consuming.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.