Opinions
Opinions. Everybody has them. Some of mine, some of them highly unpopular, are listed below...
In no particular order...
"You cannot guarantee freedom of speech and enforce copyright law." -- Ian Clarke. More generally: intellectual property and freedom of expression are fundamentally incompatible, in that any enforcement of one inherently requires restricting the other.
"Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf (as channeled by Bill Willingham)
Software Dependencies as a Service (DaaS) are dangerous and (therefore) dumb.
Regarding online articles and their sites...
- Sites whose cookie banners have neither a "reject all" nor "essential cookies only" button are to be closed without hesitation. Those with only a button to "adjust cookie settings" are following a so-called "dark pattern" and are to be avoided out of principle.
- In internet-hosted articles and headlines, terms such as "this country", "nationwide", and "8 p.m." are meaningless and serve only to make the author resp. the editor look ignorant of the fact that their potential readership inherently, by virtue of being online, extends beyond their region.
- Headlines and article titles ending in "... than you think/know/believe" or "... you didn't know" are insufferably pretentious. Never presume to know what a potential reader thinks, knows, or believes (and never click on a link to an article with such a headline).
- Links to intentionally inflamatory or ellusive headlines are not to be clicked, under any circumstances. Such titles only serve to contribute to the wider internet dumpster fire. Similarly...
- Links to intentionally vague headlines are not to be clicked. e.g. "This popular company has filed for bankruptcy..." vs "Acme has filed..." If an author cannot be bothered to be specific in the headline, i cannot be bothered to click or share a link to it.