From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Sat, 11 May 2024, oldernow wrote:   
      
   > In the spirit of these:   
   >   
   > https://tilde.club/~oldernow/2024-05-10-20-24-05-perhaps-pure-   
   ext-is-the-best-walled-garden-of-all.txt   
   > https://tilde.club/~oldernow/2024-05-10-20-57-39-the-textonly-revolution.txt   
   >   
   > it hit me that while people have become wisely concerned   
   > with the effect of "infinite scroll" on our psyche, their   
   > faith in what is arguably the cornerstone of "the web"   
   > prevents them from seeing that hypertext links aren't too   
   > different than infinite scroll: they're infinite click.   
   >   
   > Mr. Berners-Lee no doubt had the best of intentions, but   
   > simply clicking to travel between collections of thoughts   
   > is, well, *too* simple for animals whose growth is in   
   > large part dependent on making efforts.   
   >   
   > Whereas knowledge is one thing, *hard fought* knowledge   
   > is at least an order of magnitude more.   
   >   
   > So while I don't doubt increasing collective concerns   
   > about links from a trust-ability point of view, I think   
   > the bigger concern is how the ease of navigation between   
   > collections of thoughts undermines their value.   
   >   
   > In that context, I've decided to no longer create hypertext   
   > links. In fact, I want to be as done with hypertext in   
   > general as is possible without throwing any babies out   
   > with it.   
   >   
   > I don't want readers who arrive by way of a click, and   
   > who are primarily focused on presentation. If they can't   
   > do as much as copy and paste a link, they're likely too   
   > stupid to understand what I'm saying anyway.   
      
   Oh got it! I thought for a moment you were done with links altogether! ;)   
   Cutting and pasting a link, I think I might be able to do that. ;)   
      
   > Similarly, I don't want readers who will only read my   
   > screed if/when it looks pretty. Goodbye, Superficial   
   > Suzies!   
      
   Perhaps choosing your readers is as much good advice as the eternal   
   business advice of choosing your customers?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)