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@neil “We use invasive tracking to make your experience better.”
Meanwhile the reset password link has been going to a 404 for at least three months, nothing on the site is keyboard accessible, and there are multiple unsolicited videos playing over the top of the article all at once.
Forgive me if I’m somewhat suspicious about whether “making my experience better” is actually the priority here.
@paddyduke @neil Grr, you're reminding me of the email from *someone* (don't ask me to remember who, it was an entire month ago - where the unsubscribe link was not, in fact, a link. So off to spam hell it goes.
(And it was from a vendor I was happy with and will probably buy from again.)
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@coreysnipes @rose_alibi Annoying, isn't it!
@neil And ironically, just leaving me alone is often the simpler, easier path from a technical point of view.
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@neil this blogpost should be multilanguage…
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No, I don’t want your chatbot. If I can’t find what I want on your website, you’ve screwed up.
Preach it, @neil
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@annehargreaves Exactly! If I like something else to toot or blog about it, I will do that of my own initiative
@neil @annehargreaves the most ridiculous thing I've been invited to review was a jar of herbs.
No, Asda, I am not spending time or spoons reviewing my grocery shop, and especially not a single 83p purchase that happened to be part of it. -
@neil @annehargreaves the most ridiculous thing I've been invited to review was a jar of herbs.
No, Asda, I am not spending time or spoons reviewing my grocery shop, and especially not a single 83p purchase that happened to be part of it.Yeah, no-one has the thyme for that.
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@neil oh heckerty heck; it’s been on my to-do list to change my blog to full-text RSS feeds. Now you’ve prompted me to actually go look up how to do that, and all it was is change one single word in the template. Everything techy is always harder than you think it’ll be… until it’s not.
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@neil oh heckerty heck; it’s been on my to-do list to change my blog to full-text RSS feeds. Now you’ve prompted me to actually go look up how to do that, and all it was is change one single word in the template. Everything techy is always harder than you think it’ll be… until it’s not.
@clare_hooley Ooh, on behalf of RSS users everywhere, thank you!
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@neil I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
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@neil I read this whole post in the tone of the rant from "Network" (1976) https://youtu.be/M96UAUJWW3Y?t=72
“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this any more!”
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@neil Great list! It's exhausting. I keep a similar list on my /nope slash page : https://baty.net/nope/
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@neil That reminded me of this essay. https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing
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@neil
Dentist: Are you using a manual or electric toothbrush?Well, I got an electric one as a gift, but the manual told me it has an app, so I haven't even charged it, for fear of it playing me ads for its own brand of toothpaste and mouth wash
Dentist: I'll just put manual then
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@neil That reminded me of this essay. https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing
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@neil
Absolutely love this.
This is *so* "spot on".
I scream these things every day. -
The Last Quiet Thing
Your possessions came alive. Now they won't stop talking.
Terry Godier (www.terrygodier.com)
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@neil
My pet peeve. Feel free to add it.
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@neil "No, I don’t want to rate your product, let alone your choice of courier. You took my money, now sod off and leave me alone."
Well said.
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@neil "No, I don’t want to rate your product, let alone your choice of courier. You took my money, now sod off and leave me alone."
Well said.
@shelldozer Thank you!
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@ieure Yes!
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