That’s
great and I would generally agree. A lot of us here, like you, and
including me, are (or were at some point) senior se’s and I’m sure
you understand that it’s not always just “implement the feature,
make it an option, and everybody’s happy.” You take the product as
a whole into account. Any particular feature can possibly add or
possibly detract from the product.
If that's true, then the preference system is not designed
correctly. The whole point is that the product is a variable
superset of user preferences, that setting a preference one way for
one group does not affect the setting of the preference some other
way by some other group. Thus "the product" is not affected as a
whole other than to accommodate as many different styles as
possible. If groups.io sets in stone some sort of preference, then
it loses all of the groups who prefer the preference some other way.
So insisting on some setting being some particular way does detract
from the product by walling off a potential user base.
Best,
Glenn
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