Comments on: Internet Snobbery http://empty-cage.net/internet-snobbery/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:02:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mia http://empty-cage.net/internet-snobbery/#comment-97 Mia Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:18:57 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/words/?p=48#comment-97 I love this post, mostly because I remember all the things you're talking about. I kind of miss splash pages, with their elaborate images that hinted at the beautiful design on the main page. Everything was in frame (...uphill, in the snow! Both ways!) The thing I love about the Internet is that it has no rules. If you're making a personal website, it doesn't have to fit the standards of anyone but you. I don't think that putting good designers on a pedestal is always a bad thing. I don't aspire to be one of the Internet's "cool kids," but I've learned a lot from them. :) That being said, there's a difference between having high standards and just being a jerk. Even if you do post unrequested reviews, it is possible to do it politely and with constructive criticism. I love this post, mostly because I remember all the things you’re talking about. I kind of miss splash pages, with their elaborate images that hinted at the beautiful design on the main page. Everything was in frame (…uphill, in the snow! Both ways!)

The thing I love about the Internet is that it has no rules. If you’re making a personal website, it doesn’t have to fit the standards of anyone but you.

I don’t think that putting good designers on a pedestal is always a bad thing. I don’t aspire to be one of the Internet’s “cool kids,” but I’ve learned a lot from them. :) That being said, there’s a difference between having high standards and just being a jerk. Even if you do post unrequested reviews, it is possible to do it politely and with constructive criticism.

]]> By: Amber http://empty-cage.net/internet-snobbery/#comment-96 Amber Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:23:33 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/words/?p=48#comment-96 This post is epic and fabulous and I love it to bits and pieces. I've only ever known one Linux user and she constantly bashed my use of Windows, and if I dare say different I was uneducated rather than justified. I don't <em>care</em> what platform you use as long as it gets the job done. It's software that YOU DIDN'T MAKE, and when you say something is better or worse, it is opinion, not fact. So stuff you! (Yes, I stole your phrase. :P) I remember our newbdom. It was exactly as you described - if you had a domain you were the grand poobah and if you had a subdomain, well, at least you were better than people with ads! Meanwhile, looking back on it, EVERYBODY sucked with their pathetic excuse for coding, their tiny pixel fonts, their ripped anime images and their inability to show the slightest respect for one another. I haven't come across this at all in the past year and half I returned to web design, but then I'm not a part of that community any more either. I think you just grow out of caring after awhile. Not everyone can shell out $10 for a domain and more for hosting, especially the young kids. When it's more accessible to you, it's almost as if <em>you</em> become more accessible. I actually enjoy unrequested reviews when they're by someone who knows what they're talking about and isn't being hypocritical when pointing something negative out about someone's website. It's not necessarily flaming when you have those qualities because it could easily go under the "pointing bad things out so people know where to draw the line" tag. But I figure you must have a pretty bad site (or even just a few awful features) to warrant one from someone you don't even know. Congratulations on the fanlisting, you must be dead by now! And, who said I wanted to design in New York? :P I'd have to go to the city for the big bucks, and city life is just not me. I'd act so much older - "HEY! GET OFF MY LAWN!" and constantly tell everybody to be quiet because I hate noise. Go figure, 70 year old in a 18 year old's body. Any way, thank you for the support, and we'll see what happens. You always manage to make me feel silly for thinking negatively. ♥ This post is epic and fabulous and I love it to bits and pieces. I’ve only ever known one Linux user and she constantly bashed my use of Windows, and if I dare say different I was uneducated rather than justified. I don’t care what platform you use as long as it gets the job done. It’s software that YOU DIDN’T MAKE, and when you say something is better or worse, it is opinion, not fact. So stuff you! (Yes, I stole your phrase. :P)

I remember our newbdom. It was exactly as you described - if you had a domain you were the grand poobah and if you had a subdomain, well, at least you were better than people with ads! Meanwhile, looking back on it, EVERYBODY sucked with their pathetic excuse for coding, their tiny pixel fonts, their ripped anime images and their inability to show the slightest respect for one another. I haven’t come across this at all in the past year and half I returned to web design, but then I’m not a part of that community any more either. I think you just grow out of caring after awhile. Not everyone can shell out $10 for a domain and more for hosting, especially the young kids. When it’s more accessible to you, it’s almost as if you become more accessible.

I actually enjoy unrequested reviews when they’re by someone who knows what they’re talking about and isn’t being hypocritical when pointing something negative out about someone’s website. It’s not necessarily flaming when you have those qualities because it could easily go under the “pointing bad things out so people know where to draw the line” tag. But I figure you must have a pretty bad site (or even just a few awful features) to warrant one from someone you don’t even know.

Congratulations on the fanlisting, you must be dead by now! And, who said I wanted to design in New York? :P I’d have to go to the city for the big bucks, and city life is just not me. I’d act so much older - “HEY! GET OFF MY LAWN!” and constantly tell everybody to be quiet because I hate noise. Go figure, 70 year old in a 18 year old’s body. Any way, thank you for the support, and we’ll see what happens. You always manage to make me feel silly for thinking negatively. ♥

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