It makes sense in some way. People have zero patience and can't stand being bored for more than 1 second. That's why even an error message has to be entertaining these days.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I didn't read past the first three words in your comment. BORING.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having worked on an app that incorporated these kinds of error messages, it's not about bordem, it's about not scaring/confusing the user. "Something went wrong and your computer will restart" is more understandable to a layperson, than "Exception: Segmentation Fault". Usually messages also need to fit within an organisations documented "tone of voice". Personally, my preference is for friendly text followed by technical details.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That one tweet from years where they said they wanted the error message so they could fix it, like, I don't think you can fix the thing a team of 500 people has been working on for multiple years from a JavaScript console.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Apps didn’t change their language for the fun of it. They did it because their analytics showed that society preferred being treated like infants.