Gregory's Server
Braw :blob_cat_melt: 🏳🌈, it's this weird part of human psychology that people tend to rationalize bad things, sometimes even convincing themselves that it's actually good that it exists/happens. It goes way beyond the IT industry, there are people who genuinely oppose radical life extension, for example.
posted with expectation to be muted by default, and adapted to that
By whom? Influencers? Of course they will adapt to whatever the platform does to them and expects from them, no matter how stupid. They owe their popularity to all those algorithms and dark patterns that force-feed people content from outside of their network.
@grishka
> people tend to rationalize bad things
How is video autoplay is bad? We're talking muted by default. For me, having videos not autoplay is equivalent to having all pictures hidden behind a content warning. I'm using social media to engage with others' content, I would watch the video anyway. Autoplay reduces unnecessary UI interactions.
> By whom? By whom? Influencers?
Whoever publishing the content. Even not adapted, you'd understand you need to unmute the video easily.
@dansup
@grishka
> people tend to rationalize bad things
How is video autoplay is bad? We're talking muted by default. For me, having videos not autoplay is equivalent to having all pictures hidden behind a content warning. I'm using social media to engage with others' content, I would watch the video anyway. Autoplay reduces unnecessary UI interactions.