Concur with your (findings? Hypotheses?). The poor design of the first image in comparison to the second implies a value judgment about the relative worth of the users.
I'd call them observations; I didn't express any conclusions or propose any experiments. :)
I'd say the design differences reflect less a value judgment about users than a cost/benefit analysis about the relative likelihood of number of lawsuits, unfavorable outcomes, and damage awards. Juries are far more likely to be sympathetic to a poor widdle baby wif a big, bad owie than to some dork who fell over while raiding Zul'Gurub from his parents' basement.
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Date: 2009-10-28 05:15 pm (UTC)The poor design of the first image in comparison to the second implies a value judgment about the relative worth of the users.
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Date: 2009-10-28 05:38 pm (UTC)I'd say the design differences reflect less a value judgment about users than a cost/benefit analysis about the relative likelihood of number of lawsuits, unfavorable outcomes, and damage awards. Juries are far more likely to be sympathetic to a poor widdle baby wif a big, bad owie than to some dork who fell over while raiding Zul'Gurub from his parents' basement.