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"They" are on it 24/7 (lemmy.ml)
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One of my top 5 pet peeves in IT: humanizing software.

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[-] sirico@feddit.uk 85 points 2 weeks ago

Notice all the information you get so you can resolve the issue...

[-] doctortofu@reddthat.com 67 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The infantilization of error messages annoys me to no end. Sure Error: exception FF02345A0 in module flarghbhgy.py is not immediately helpful, but at least it allows me to search for a solution or a cause. Recently though, a frighteningly large portion of software developers decided for some reason that Oopsie poopsie, someone made a boo boo is a better error message, especially if it's accompanied by a cute whimsical image of a kitten or some shit...

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 50 points 2 weeks ago

OOPSIE WOOPSIE!! Uwu We made a fucky wucky!! A wittle fucko boingo! The code monkeys at our headquarters are working VEWY HAWD to fix this!

[-] errer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Please pay $200/hour for exclusive access to our Indian support drones who can’t help!

[-] doctortofu@reddthat.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. I'm almost fucking fifty, maybe that's why I find this patronizing tone so annoying, get off my lawn and all... ;)

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Hahahahaaha

[-] sudo_halt@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

I will put this error verbatim in one of my projects

[-] stefan92@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm stealing that one. 🤣

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

"This shouldn't happen"

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

A lot of this came out of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Make_Me_Think which a lot of dumb UX people took to the worst extreme to be like “dumb idiot user should only get one button ever”

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

The power button?

[-] jcg@halubilo.social 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't mind a whoops somebody fucked right up error message if you let me click a button for more details. Or at the very least, give me a reference number I can tell somebody about. Some "software companies" don't even properly log things on their end so nobody can solve shit.

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 3 points 2 weeks ago

sometimes they don't even store logs so you can't do shit even if you were focused on just fixing this shit

this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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