That’s basically what Tumblr is now

Queoup

In the UK, too. The whole process seems designed to be as intrusive, dehumanising, and shaming as possible.

The dummy putting together the original post obviously realised if the instruction was “wear pink or blue to show what sex you think the baby will be”, it would’ve gotten in the way of their faintly racist boomer joke.

But they didn’t have enough braincells left over to realise the whole thing now doesn’t make any sense.

This took me way too long to get. 😬

Every product we build must give people agency in how it works. Privacy, data use, and AI must be clear and understandable. Controls must be simple. AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off. People should know why a feature works the way it does and what value they get from it.

Come on, this isn’t Reddit, at least skim the article before you start with the performative outrage.