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Get rid of all that stuff. Having an easy way to make a link to a few kaffeeklatch platforms that are currently popular doesn't add much value. Users can already add any links they want to their ...
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#1: Initial revision
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2023-07-18T12:51:17Z (over 1 year ago)
<b>Get rid of all that stuff.</b> Having an easy way to make a link to a few kaffeeklatch platforms that are currently popular doesn't add much value. Users can already add any links they want to their profile. That's even better since they then get to chose how the link is presented, what's said around it, how it's formatted etc. As the OP's example pointed out, once you open the door to picking some, you are inherently making a political statement. Once you pick a finite set, you have to have rules for deciding which of the many virtual kaffeeklatches out there you want to appear to endorse. Maybe today you include Twatter and ButtBook, but by what rules are you not including FossilFuelsForever, SupremeArians, or whatever? Even if you have rules, their criteria are likely to be very subjective. Platforms come, go, and change. You'll be forever stuck with social platform whack-a-mole. There is no problem to solve that the existing free-form profile every user already has doesn't solve better than pre-selected links.