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  1. @Mer__edith No, thank you. Please don’t.

    Behind every app that won’t take “no” for an answer, there’s a developer that doesn’t understand the concept of consent.

    This is a legacy anti-feature, implemented at a time before Signal’s new leadership. I expect better, going forward.

    #signal #hostileDesign #theOppositeOfYesIsNo #consent

  2. @Mer__edith Oh, and would you look at that, right on cue…

    The opposite of “yes” is “no”, not “not now” or “ask me later”.

    #hostileDesign #consent #Signal #design #theOppositeOfYesIsNo

  3. Not much for me to add, right? Protect those that need it. And don't let them steal all of your joy either.

    (Black Eyes playing the song Burn live, January 17th 2026 at Neck of the Woods in San Francisco CA)

    //////

    #livemusic
    #punk
    #blackeyes
    #hostiledesign

  4. Not much for me to add, right? Protect those that need it. And don't let them steal all of your joy either.

    (Black Eyes playing the song Burn live, January 17th 2026 at Neck of the Woods in San Francisco CA)

    //////

    #livemusic
    #punk
    #blackeyes
    #hostiledesign

  5. Not much for me to add, right? Protect those that need it. And don't let them steal all of your joy either.

    (Black Eyes playing the song Burn live, January 17th 2026 at Neck of the Woods in San Francisco CA)

    //////

    #livemusic
    #punk
    #blackeyes
    #hostiledesign

  6. Not much for me to add, right? Protect those that need it. And don't let them steal all of your joy either.

    (Black Eyes playing the song Burn live, January 17th 2026 at Neck of the Woods in San Francisco CA)

    //////

    #livemusic
    #punk
    #blackeyes
    #hostiledesign

  7. RE: mastodon.social/@randahl/11580

    It has become almost impossible not to become a victim of #HostileDesign or failure by design.

    Hostile design is easy to spot:
    everything looks great and stylish, until you actually need it, like a door handle.

    #FailureByDesign #Enshittification #ComfortTrap #DesignAgainstUsers

  8. Les revenants de BLACK EYES (post punk / US) dévoilent 'TomTom', nouvel extrait dubisant de leur prochain album 'Hostile Design' à sortir le 10 octobre chez Dischord : youtu.be/OU8zmbjLEI4?si=NdRTHc
    #blackeyes #dischord #hostiledesign #newmusic #musicnews #newsingle #nowplaying #nowlistening #nowspinning

  9. Les revenants de BLACK EYES (post punk / US) dévoilent 'TomTom', nouvel extrait dubisant de leur prochain album 'Hostile Design' à sortir le 10 octobre chez Dischord : youtu.be/OU8zmbjLEI4?si=NdRTHc
    #blackeyes #dischord #hostiledesign #newmusic #musicnews #newsingle #nowplaying #nowlistening #nowspinning

  10. Les revenants de BLACK EYES (post punk / US) dévoilent 'TomTom', nouvel extrait dubisant de leur prochain album 'Hostile Design' à sortir le 10 octobre chez Dischord : youtu.be/OU8zmbjLEI4?si=NdRTHc
    #blackeyes #dischord #hostiledesign #newmusic #musicnews #newsingle #nowplaying #nowlistening #nowspinning

  11. So, if you are wondering why I was late to start live post yesterday, this is what I was trying to fix with my friend: It's a Roomba.

    First time I've seen a motherboard of a clean base covered in plastic blister pack. Most likley to prevent dust from getting in, but it made it pain in a butt to repair.

    #Roomba #iRobot #Repair #Tech #Plastics #BlisterPack #HostileDesign

  12. Bänke mit #hostiledesign: In Wien nimmt ihre Anzahl schleichend zu, in #Dornbirn werden sie durch den neuen Bürgermeister rückgebaut. vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3303 #stadtmöbel

  13. And again,

    I really can't understand what the point of adding

    style="overflow-y: hidden;"

    to HTML emails is. It just means that it won't scroll in probably anything but web mail.

    This is just pure hostile design (in this case it's a response to a complaint which just rubs it in...)

    #ux #htmlEmail #email #HostileDesign

  14. I'm trying to disable PayPal's sneaky TOS data privacy update, but don't have that option, or even "Manage shared info" under "Data and Privacy".

    Might be GDPR, might be lurking in settings that *don't show up* on my phone even in web.

    (I HATE the app-ification of every website)

    "Simple to use" my ass, more like "Treat User as Simple / excuse to Hide Important Stuff so they give up" #hostiledesign #paypal

  15. they built a special park for couples who've been together more than 5yrs

    #HostileDesign

  16. DAA's AdChoices opt-out UI. Nowhere in this interface or its attached help docs do they indicate whether "selecting" an advertising company constitutes an opt-out or an opt-in, and whether it being red or blue constitutes selecting one or not.

    Worse for many folks, the toggles consist of images and the alt text does not update when toggled.

    #HostileDesign #AltText

  17. #AmReading The 99% Invisible City by @romanmars & @KurtKohlstedt.
    Subtitled "A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday #Design," the book covers cat's eyes & other highway markings, upside-down traffic lights, signage & symbols, fire escapes, manhole covers, power grids, locks, #HostileDesign, synanthropes, & much more. Fascinating!
    "There is always an aspect of coercion to design."
    spectatioblog.com/2024/02/23/t
    #Bookstodon #Books

  18. @eliocamp non-euclidian park benches are just the latest in a string of #hostiledesign atrocities by AI. Not even the unhomed are safe.

  19. @danwentzel

    #HostileDesign is a thing. Don't want anyone getting too comfy in a space designed to be transient 😏🙄

    Not only interiors but there are many ad campaigns & slogans that make me envision a table ringed by sycophants saying "Great Idea, Boss!" to a fat ytguy in an expensive suit

  20. Installing Windows in 2024 is like having a conversation with a used car salesman or dodgy politician. You need to know the right answers, but the *right answers for you* aren't the *right answers for Microsoft*!

    #windows #enshittification #darkPatterns #hostileDesign

  21. There used to be five or six tents pitched here. I saw what I thought was a road crew tearing up the street last week, but no, that's not what they were doing. #HostileDesign #Pittsburgh

  22. seattletimes.com/business/real I believe this is the first time I’ve seen it argued that homes should be allowed in cities because the construction disruption is hostile to the homeless people who would be there otherwise #seattle #homelessness #hostiledesign #housing #zoning #zoningreform

  23. Using my Kindle scribe, which as a reader is great, as a notebook is pretty good but has some room for improvement.

    But as even a rudimentary web browser? Sweet Jesus this thing is pathologically bad. It's like Amazon hasn't touched the web browser on it since 2005. Even sites that are designed for eink or low tech devices are almost impossible to read and use. and forget about JS obvs #amazon #kindle #scribe #browser #hostiledesign

  24. Het zijn deze boeiende artikels die ik op Twitter wél gesuggereerd kreeg. En die ik op Mastodon nog niet zie voorbij komen. Dus gooi ik het er zelf maar op.

    Over vijandige architectuur, ook bij ons in Nederland en België.

    #Stadsplanning #UrbanPlanning #HostileDesign

    standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230216_9