Sunday, February 10, 2008

Dumbfuckery

You probably wondered why that warning thingy with the OK/Cancel buttons pops up whenever you look at this page, and looks all ugly with lines of stars and a warning that says "This blog is about sex and robot technology etc. etc. blah blah blah"
  1. I made that pop-up because Blogger is screwed up, and there's no way (that I've found so far) to tell management about the problem
  2. the problem is this: when you set up your blog page here, there's an option to say "hey, this blog may have adult content, just wanna warn the folks about it"... the exact switch is called, appropriately enough, "Adult content" - yes or no
  3. fine so far... but if you select "Adult content - yes", then when you or anyone looks at your blog page, Blogger puts up this dumbfuck message saying "People have complained about the contents of this blog, so you should choose whether or not you want to view it"... thus immediately labeling the owner of the blog as a sleaze bag... or worse
  4. wait a sec... here's the exact text:

    • Some readers of this blog have contacted Google because they believe this blog's content is objectionable.


  5. what the fuck? voluntarily label your blog as "adult" in nature, and the roboclucks put up a totally bogus warning? and paint you as a dickhead? what the fuck?
  6. others have filed complaints about this problem on the Google/Blogger Help Group page, multiple times, but it's not clear if anyone is listening -- welcome to the future, where large corporations take care of your needs, unless you really need something
  7. so I made up my own warning sign that clearly states what the fuck is going on, AND gives the user the option to go elsewhere (in this case I send 'em off to Google - ironic, no? :)
  8. if you have the same problem, feel free to steal the code and use it for your own Blogger blog :) I will try to put exact code and instructions here soon explaining the problem and the/a solution - and how you can modify it to suit your needs


Which brings up an interesting question: if these programmers here can't get a simple warning sign right, something that affects thousands or millions of their customers... would you trust sticking your genitals or other sensitive body parts anywhere near something _they_ programmed?

lol

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