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People who create "click here" links on websites have no business making/editing websites. (dubvee.org)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Links that tell you to "click here" have been always been annoying, but they were at least understandable back in the mid 90s when the internet was new to most people.

It's now almost 2025: people know what a link is and what to do with it. You don't have to boss me around or point out the obvious.

Every time I see "click here" on a website or in an email, it tells me that the person who made it had no business doing so.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Agreed, but people seem to have lost the understanding of hypertext.

Why did they think the word is blue? How is that not obvious anymore?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

How is that not obvious anymore?

My answer is the same as from that screenshot: years of things getting dumbed down for the lowest common denominator/idiot, evolution producing a better idiot to compensate, and catering to the new lowest common denominator ad Infinitum.

And now that we have "AI" in everything, the lowest common denominator doesn't even have to think anymore.

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

This is a popular opinion.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are some times when it can be acceptable, click here for some good examples.

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

I prefer the descriptive style such as Totally Not Never Going to Give You Up since it provides more context and is less bossy.

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

I'd rather have "click here" links than "tap here" links

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you're curious and want to learn why it is a good idea, click here.