Re: Twitter successors

On 11Mar2024 01:10pm (-0600), Akkana Peck wrote:
> But maybe a lot of people never question defaults.

In the 80s and 90s, we used to call this "the flashing 12:00 problem".

Some of that was the inaccessibility of configuration tools, but there was another dimension: setting a digital clock on some non-clock device created a level of cognitive load over and on top of the frustration of having to work out the arcane pattern of keypresses on a limited number of buttons.  Some folks would find it important enough to set the clock on a kitchen appliance, but wouldn't bother with a VCR even if they could work out how to do it.