Comments on: Snap.com to critics: you wanna step outside? http://thenextweb.com/2008/01/26/snapcom-to-critics-you-wanna-step-outside/ International technology news, business & culture Mon, 21 May 2012 09:18:19 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Peter Van Dijck http://thenextweb.com/2008/01/26/snapcom-to-critics-you-wanna-step-outside/#comment-360718 Peter Van Dijck Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:24:40 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/01/26/snapcom-to-critics-you-wanna-step-outside/#comment-360718 Well, I still think snap truly sucks. Here's my response to that: http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2008/01/27/4016/4016 Chris, you got it right. I dislike snap, and it's quite alright for me to express this, just as it's quite alright for snap to explain why they think they're so great, or for someone else to say that the Rolling Stones are a bunch of old farts or that the whole Facebook hype is just so booring. I wonder though, I feel a bit intimidated by the aggressive tone of their blog and the use of my full name (great trick), and just the whole idea of how much effort they put in putting my blogposts down. I don't think that's quite right, and I don't want to start to censure my thoughts on my own blog. Well, I still think snap truly sucks. Here’s my response to that: http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2008/01/27/4016/4016

Chris, you got it right. I dislike snap, and it’s quite alright for me to express this, just as it’s quite alright for snap to explain why they think they’re so great, or for someone else to say that the Rolling Stones are a bunch of old farts or that the whole Facebook hype is just so booring.

I wonder though, I feel a bit intimidated by the aggressive tone of their blog and the use of my full name (great trick), and just the whole idea of how much effort they put in putting my blogposts down. I don’t think that’s quite right, and I don’t want to start to censure my thoughts on my own blog.

]]> By: Chris Kottom http://thenextweb.com/2008/01/26/snapcom-to-critics-you-wanna-step-outside/#comment-360717 Chris Kottom Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:56:13 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/01/26/snapcom-to-critics-you-wanna-step-outside/#comment-360717 Would it be reasonable to require bloggers who speak out against peaches to back up their accusations of bad taste or texture with long-winded explanations supported by a framework of interlocking arguments? Probably not, and I think the same logic applies in this situation. These little pop-ups annoy people because of the way they hang around on the screen even after the user has moved his cursor away from the offending link. If the user's response is positive or negative, it is generally a gut reaction based on whether or not he feels this is a welcome piece of information or simply an intrusion on his limited attention. It's just a feature, not an application. You either like it or you don't, and if you don't and you don't care to give a lot of thought as to why, I don't know if that makes you such a bad person. Would it be reasonable to require bloggers who speak out against peaches to back up their accusations of bad taste or texture with long-winded explanations supported by a framework of interlocking arguments? Probably not, and I think the same logic applies in this situation.

These little pop-ups annoy people because of the way they hang around on the screen even after the user has moved his cursor away from the offending link. If the user’s response is positive or negative, it is generally a gut reaction based on whether or not he feels this is a welcome piece of information or simply an intrusion on his limited attention. It’s just a feature, not an application. You either like it or you don’t, and if you don’t and you don’t care to give a lot of thought as to why, I don’t know if that makes you such a bad person.

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