Do you remember the early days of the internet, when websites were a reflection of their creators unique personalities and passions? A time when the d
  • TimKicker@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Hey. I was watching this thread and created an account just to say that you are right! Bombarding a user with popup stuff is one of the things i criticized in my blog. I completely forgot that i turned on this setting when i set it up (whoops). I changed the “notification-question” to only show once after you visited the site for the fifth time.

    Thanks for visiting my site though and for pointing this out to me! <3

    • SillySpy@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Really interesting article! Most importantly to me, it has spurred some really good conversations.

      Personally, I don’t think early web is the answer. Modern web usage has allowed for better accessibility to all ages and types. Content aggregation allows for (but doesn’t guarantee) more views and opinions. There are certainly elements we can get back from the early days, but I think we still need work to find a perfect web

      • TimKicker@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        Thanks!

        Of course. There are so many features of the modern web that i’d never give up (speed, security ,accessibility, api’s [that one’s ironic nowadays], dev tools, webgl,…).

        Like you said, a great solution would be to combine those newer and older elements in order to create a great web for all. I think that the fediverse is already a great step into the right direction.