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by greatNespresso 678 days ago
I was discussing this some time ago with a friend, I get the feeling that error messages these days try too much to apologize instead of providing the user with hints and clear explanations to solve the issue. It's all about emoji faces crying "boohoo there was an error" with a childish tone.

Can't wait to see AI avatars crying in front of you for failing to summarize an article.
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CommieBobDole 678 days ago
Evergreen:

https://i.redd.it/bp22t4c46zk01.jpg

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tivert 677 days ago
I want to know who had the stupid idea to start the UI trend of making error messages tell you absolutely nothing (e.g. "There was an error. Enjoy being helpless.").
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hulitu 677 days ago
Google ?

Unexpected error. /s

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