Pretty simple, do you use light or dark mode in stacker news?
Light16.7%
Dark83.3%
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Using light mode is torture for my eyes.
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106 sats \ 1 reply \ @kytt 11 Mar
It's 2024. At this point, it's just irresponsible for a website/app to not give you a dark mode option.
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Using dark mode is torture for my eyes. 😂
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There's no accounting for taste ;)
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Lol 🤣 this was exactly how I felt when accidentally switched to light theme last time
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I actually think sn looks incredibly busy and downright hard to look at in light mode. Should default to black.
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126 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bass 11 Mar
except in horror movies, swimming competitions, and 4chan forums
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We coming for horror movies!
Get Out
And we coming for swimming!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bass 11 Mar
NICE
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72 sats \ 3 replies \ @kr 11 Mar
dark mode all day
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This is only understandable to those who live in front of a computer.
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go touch the grass or flowers! 👀
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It's a shame I'm so busy with work, but I always try to fit it in when I can.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @clr 11 Mar
Depends on the hour of the day and how much natural light there is.
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Of course dark, I'm not a psychopath.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @kytt 11 Mar
According to this poll, there are still lunatics that use light mode.
Who are you and who hurt you?
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I always figured light mode was a trick, set as the default to drive away anyone who couldn't figure out how to get to dark mode.
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Both
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TIL theres a dark mode
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ryu 11 Mar
I let my device and operating system adjust by time of day (desktop exempt, if using LibreWolf).
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I'm missing the option for both, but right now, light.
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Dark mode. I'm inherently distrustful of anyone who willingly chooses to use light mode for any website where the option for dark mode is available* instead...there's a strong correlation with psychopathy and light mode users.
  • = of course, this doesn't apply if you're in a situation that requires it, such as using a device in direct sunlight
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It's time to go to the dark side
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light on my laptop, dark on my phone.
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Are you doing this to save battery, or is there something else going on?
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No I just never switched it to dark mode on my laptop. I usually use my laptop during the day and my phone at night so maybe that has something to do with it.
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Light mode is for insane people
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there is a light version?
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Please excuse my terrible red circle
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imagine how terrible it would be in light mode. You wouldn't even know it was terrible cause you'd be blind.
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Thanks I didn’t saw it, only real explanation is light mode burned my eyes
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oh i know. i just didn't realize people actually used it. bad joke, i know. haha
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oh sorry, it was early for me so I interpreted it as a literal question! :)
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Dark mode of course :)
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Here I was thinking SN dark mode was impossible to read and nobody would be using it...how wrong I am. Do you not find it difficult to read large amounts of text in dark mode? I am sure I have read some objective studies on the UX improvements of light mode for text.
Edit: Maybe Psychopath / lunatic.
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I can have a dark side if you want
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dark mode 🫨
light! 😎
Might be a bit of an over-generalisation, but from my experience outside of SN…
  • Dark mode is overwhelming favoured by techies, devs and males.
  • Light mode is still favoured by the masses and ladies during daytime.
  • Adoption of dark mode is higher in younger demographics (89% in 18-29yrs vs 75% other age groups)
stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.