Too many platforms display times and dates as relative. "1 year ago" could mean anything from 365 days to 730 days ago. Instagram is the worst with their "137 weeks ago" nonsense. Who refers to anything like that? Just always show me the date and time.

@anon_opin Like literally every human being says “a year ago” and not July 27, 2024 13:44:21 UTC+8?

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Platforms aren't humans

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@ekg @anon_opin Software user interfaces are made for, wait for it, humans

@thomasfuchs @ekg @anon_opin "on what date did this happen" is not best answered "about a year ago"

Humans derive context from the question and the object; platforms can't do this.

Attempting to make them human conversational is utterly flawed

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