André Rosa
@andremarmota
stackingthebricks.com/how-blogs-broke-the-web/
Jan 18, 2024
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uxdesign.cc/unintended-consequences-of-technology-and-design-cc36050af64
Jun 10, 2023
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brasil.uxdesign.cc/content-design-system-falando-a-real-9a968e738914
Jun 9, 2023
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medium.com/swlh/dont-just-set-goals-build-systems-8158ac541df
Jun 9, 2023
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partiu.loggi.com/como-documentar-seu-trabalho-de-ux-writing-e2739b4d1d61
Jun 9, 2023
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pt.linkedin.com/pulse/construindo-um-segundo-c%C3%A9rebro-ces-michelin
Jun 9, 2023
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Here’s the crux of the problem: When something is easy, people will do more of it.
Homepage production became suddenly a question of economics:
Go with the system’s default format: zero work.
Customizing the system to your format: way more work than pure HTML ever was
The format won.
It was easier — faster! — to literally go with the flow… of time.
Non-diarists — those folks with the old school librarian-style homepages — wanted those super-cool sidebar calendars just like the bloggers did. They were lured by the siren of easy use. So despite the fact that they weren’t writing daily diaries, they invested time and effort into migrating to this new platform.
Today these social publishing tools are beginning to buck reverse chronological sort; they’re introducing algorithm sort, to surface content not by time posted but by popularity, or expected interactions, based on individual and group history. There is even less control than ever before.
There are no more quirky homepages.
There are no more amateur research librarians.
All thanks to a quirky bit of software produced to alleviate the pain of a tiny subset of a very small audience.
That’s not cool at all.