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0 pointsangersock14y ago0 comments

^This kind of post clutters up discussions with metabullshit already accounted for by the karma system.

More seriously,this is not a mere UX problem. This isn't a problem with colors not matching, with poor navigation, or with anything else.

Absent any other information, this site appears to be a way of fishing for email addresses. That's the long and the short of it.

I am not just a string to send messages to. I am not just a networking opportunity. I am not just an entry in your preferred database.

I am a developer, and I don't like it when sites treat me otherwise.

I thanked the author for his (very fast) response.

I'm sorry about the tone of the post, but frankly we can't let this dehumanization and arrogance towards users (and worse in this case, fellow developers) slide.

EDIT: Note also that, had he simply posted a good article (which it was!) without the shameless plug, I would've said nothing. If the plug had linked to a page that had anything other than email scraping, I wouldn't have complained. But the linked page was so offensive that it deserved calling out. Let this be a lesson for you startupy folks: don't cheapen a good thing with a bad plug.

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nostrademons14y ago

Then don't give him your e-mail address.

temphn14y ago

Which is an example of a "dehumanizing and arrogant behavior towards a fellow developer": cursing them out personally in a comments thread or collecting an email address like every other site in the world?

billpatrianakos14y ago

Hey man, at this point whether you're right or wrong doesn't matter. You may very well be the rightest man on earth about his site but this is neither the time or place for that kind of talk. You're so off topic you might as well be on another planet right now, for starters. Then not only do post something totally unrelated to the topic of the post or the discussion at hand but you proceed not only to insult the author but your language was out of line and your tone was as if the guy had just broke into your home and strangled your dog.

Everyone here has something we could all criticize really harshly. I've got crappy UX design in some of my sites, I have personality flaws, you probably have some site with something very annoying to a user, etc., etc. but if I noticed it while reading something of yours posted here I wouldn't barge into the comments and call you out on it when it has nothing to do with the content of the article just like I wouldn't want you to do that either. If you absolutely must say something then let the author know privately and nicely. Good manners go a long way.

My intention isn't to sit here and say "hey look at this asshole, let's all pile on!". Not at all. There was just a discussion about this sort of thing last night (see the comments on the 16yo Indian girl who passed away for the reason that discussion was necessary) so it's up to everyone to try to stop it. Anyway, I'm sure you're a nice guy. I'm a nice guy. We're all nice guys so lets all chill and be friends okay? And I know I probably said some asinine and or dickish things in the past so I hope someone tell me when I've gone too far too.

Okay. Good. We're all friends again. Let's move on.

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