Comments on: Let’s All Play Nice http://thingsthatarebrown.com/blog/2008/08/lets-all-play-nice/ The design blog of Matt Brown and Tiffani Jones Brown - thingsthatarebrown.com Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ben Bleikamp http://thingsthatarebrown.com/blog/2008/08/lets-all-play-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Ben Bleikamp Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:31:20 +0000 http://thingsthatarebrown.com/blog/?p=31#comment-73 I clicked through to to Nathan's site and funnily enough Nathan seems to violates some of his own rules in his recent redesign of AVC with some low contrast areas and not enough padding/spacing in certain spots. I think we should all focus on improving our own designs before we think about attacking other's work. I personally like the new del.icio.us (or delicious.com as it is now called), though I've never found social bookmarking sites useful. I clicked through to to Nathan’s site and funnily enough Nathan seems to violates some of his own rules in his recent redesign of AVC with some low contrast areas and not enough padding/spacing in certain spots. I think we should all focus on improving our own designs before we think about attacking other’s work.

I personally like the new del.icio.us (or delicious.com as it is now called), though I’ve never found social bookmarking sites useful.

]]> By: Tom Watson http://thingsthatarebrown.com/blog/2008/08/lets-all-play-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Tom Watson Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:02:49 +0000 http://thingsthatarebrown.com/blog/?p=31#comment-66 Agreed. The issue with non-civil discourse is that by stating your views in that absolute voice gets you traffic. It gets you controversy, it gets you comments, it gets you linked up. The blog-o-sphere creates this environment by its very nature. Yeah, I agree with you that it's not constructive and annoying but I don't see it changing. The well-balanced posts aren't the "popular" ones. Agreed. The issue with non-civil discourse is that by stating your views in that absolute voice gets you traffic. It gets you controversy, it gets you comments, it gets you linked up. The blog-o-sphere creates this environment by its very nature. Yeah, I agree with you that it’s not constructive and annoying but I don’t see it changing. The well-balanced posts aren’t the “popular” ones.

]]> By: Kyle http://thingsthatarebrown.com/blog/2008/08/lets-all-play-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Kyle Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:53:40 +0000 http://thingsthatarebrown.com/blog/?p=31#comment-65 Great post. I'm new to the industry, but I've been observing for a long time now, and I too have noticed this "problem." He makes a few valid points but they're so buried in his rant that they'll probably be disregarded rather than considered. I think it's funny that web designers/developers, the ones "in charge" of all this big social media and community movement, can really suck at being a good community ourselves. Especially when we have such a better understanding of the online technologies and culture that would enable it! Of course there are numerous people doing quite the opposite though, and they're a large part of why I am a web designer. Great post. I’m new to the industry, but I’ve been observing for a long time now, and I too have noticed this “problem.” He makes a few valid points but they’re so buried in his rant that they’ll probably be disregarded rather than considered.

I think it’s funny that web designers/developers, the ones “in charge” of all this big social media and community movement, can really suck at being a good community ourselves. Especially when we have such a better understanding of the online technologies and culture that would enable it! Of course there are numerous people doing quite the opposite though, and they’re a large part of why I am a web designer.

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