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title = "Consent is required"
email = "consent-required"
date = 2025-03-29
tags = ["off-topic", "ethics", "consent", "trust"]
draft = true
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As I sit here trying to write this intro, I wonder how many more times someone
is going to remind me exactly how important consent is, or remind me how easy it
is to lose sight over how much influence any individual has over another. In
addition to how easy it is to miss the connections between some action and it's
outcome; the more layers of indirection required as any system increase in size,
the harder it becomes to even describe how, or who plays which part. The ease at
which anyone might forget, or how the difficulty grows as the system becomes
more complex, doesn't seem to be the part that irks me. Sadly, the more I look
for it, the more I see software engineers, or the systems they drive, ignore
consent. This is bad, and collectively we should be embarrassed enough to do
something.
Opinions differ[^difficulty] on what exactly counts as consent.
[^difficulty]: Mine don't.
> Q: Can I go back to the original mobile app layout?
> A: We understand the change might take some getting used to, and we're here to
> help make that transition as smooth as possible for you. But with this update,
> the original mobile layout is no longer available.
https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/12654190110999-New-Mobile-App-Updates-Layout
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