I was actually there because i was considering creating an account and wanted to check it out.

Then they pop one of those and lost me for ever!

    • beetus@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I think there are many others one could point to more accurately, including Yahoo who purchased and then resold tumblr.

      While Tumblr has made a lot of changes, some of which were walked back, they are still a well used and beloved site today. There are many now-dead or barely alive behemoth Internet companies that are better examples of “poster child for running a terrible Internet business” imo.

  • Susaga@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Hehe, denial of service for no reason beyond forced data collection is so quirky! Yeah, capitalism is squeezing the life out of modern culture, but in a fun way!

      • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Bots can create accounts too. If it indeed was to prevent bots, they would just ask for a captcha test to continue browsing

      • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Not sure how forced account creation would help with either of those. Both are only problems when they already have accounts.

        • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Not sure how forced account creation would help with either of those.

          Because in order to get an account, you have to pass tests designed to tell if you’re a bot.

          • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
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            1 month ago

            So people that don’t want accounts should be forced to get an account because they might be a bot (that, notably, can’t do anything without an account) so they can be filtered out and denied an account that they didn’t want in the first place? Do you really not see the issue with what you’re saying?

            • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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              1 month ago

              Do you really not see the issue with what you’re saying?

              I don’t know where you got the idea that I have no issue with this. I’m just saying it’s not purely malicious as you said.

      • Susaga@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 month ago

        If this sort of thing only popped up when posting comments, then sure. If it’s to VIEW the damn site, that will only affect actual people.

  • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pubEnglish
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    1 month ago

    This is not an asshole design, this is the designers being assholes… WTF do you mean the best thing in my life ???.. So the best moment in my life is me signing up to a digital platform… 🤦‍♂️