technology

23313 readers

62 users here now

On the road to fully automated luxury gay space communism.

Spreading Linux propaganda since 2020

Rules:

1. Obviously abide by the sitewide code of conduct. Bigotry will be met with an immediate ban
2. This community is about technology. Offtopic is permitted as long as it is kept in the comment sections
3. Although this is not /c/libre, FOSS related posting is tolerated, and even welcome in the case of effort posts
4. We believe technology should be liberating. As such, avoid promoting proprietary and/or bourgeois technology
5. Explanatory posts to correct the potential mistakes a comrade made in a post of their own are allowed, as long as they remain respectful
6. No crypto (Bitcoin, NFT, etc.) speculation, unless it is purely informative and not too cringe
7. Absolutely no tech bro shit. If you have a good opinion of Silicon Valley billionaires please manifest yourself so we can ban you.

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

What's the MEGACORP "meta" behind needing an account to view the content on a site (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

What's the mindset behind forcing a user to create an account to view the media on a page? For example an artist I like posts their art on Instagram and Twitter but I can't look at it unless I create an account. What's the dumb corporate rationale behind this? I have seen this on so many sites you can't even see what's there without an account? Doesn't it just scare users away? I know it certainly does for me. If I have to log in just to view a page I don't want to view the page.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think OP is talking about "the meta" in the freeze-gamer sense, but you're right when it comes to any of these sites.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think OP is talking about "the meta" in the sense,

Correct. I know the overlap between cool gamers and techno-nerds isn't a flat circle, but i probably should have used a different word because I genuinely forget that META is Facebook and Alphabet is Google. How are these motherfuckers taking such basic words away from us agony-acid

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

It's either basic ass words or the big evil shit from fantasy and sci-fi novels lmao