settle an argument

[synecdochic]

(These little settle-an-argument polls are not necessarily for Dreamwidth, by the way -- just, well, to settle an argument. *g* In this case, though, we're deciding between "rip out Snapshot functionality entirely" and "change Snapshots to being a logged-in-user viewing preference only and never let someone force you to see them if you don't want

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[trobadora]

My immediate response is "rip it out, burn it, and dance on its ashes." Which, uh, might be a tad excessive. *g*

[synecdochic]

That was mine, too. And Mark's. But on second thought ... I kinda hate the thought of just ripping them out entirely, in case they're someone else's "best thing since sliced bread", so my current way of thinking is, change it to a user-based viewing pref defaulted to fucking off that will allow people to enable them only for their account while logged in, if they want.

It's kind of six-of-one in terms of effort required, I think, but I still wanted to see if my gut instinct (that very few, but some people find them interesting/useful) was correct.

[florahart]

"defaulted to fucking off" is a standard to be applied at about 90% of all opportunities, and hard to go wrong with, IMO.

[cofax7]

Wordy McWord. With sprinkles on top.

[druidspell]

Wordy McWordington, compadre. ESPECIALLY when it comes to the fucking Snap previews!

[eregyrn]

SO. TRUE.

In relation to SnapShots (I didn't even know what they were called until now), all I have to say is, if they were actually *called* what they *are*, "SPOILER-VIEW", then I bet even more people would feel negatively about them than already do.

[trobadora]

Oh look, what's that? You're being all reasonable, that's not fair! *pouts*

(In all seriousness - yeah, there's no harm in it if you don't have to see it, or figure out how to block it yourself. I'm just kinda burned with things you "don't have to see if you don't want to!", because most of the time there are loopholes, and you end up seeing the friggin' stuff anyway.)

[malnpudl]

Oh, no! Not excessive at all!

[pauamma]

It is a tad excessive. On the side of excessive niceness, that is.

[dear_sweet_lana]

Not excessive at all! I'd say you're being quite restrained and cool-headed!