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The people that need to engage with this type of post most bounce off of headlines like this. I love these blog posts, but the typical defensive reactions are so common at this point that I wonder how we can better get people to rethink their positions here?

e.g. literally in this same thread, commenter points out that pages / features are more complex. They're right (to a degree), and yet miss the point that the end-result is still a poor user experience at the margins. I've been struggling with this comms issue now. Do you have any thoughts?

My approach has been to lean into the data, which works for some, but in much of the discourse polarizes further and makes people *more* defensive/look for strawman arguments. I think the comms issue is more nuanced than it might appear prima facie.

24/11/25, 2:09 am0 reposts4 likes

FWIW I don't have answers here, just observations as someone else closely monitoring the narrative around frameworkism vs performance, etc.

Alex Russell

@infrequently.org

infrequently.orgThe Performance Inequality Gap, 2026 - Infrequently NotedEmbedded in this year's network and device estimates is hopeful news about the trajectory of devices and networks. It has never been easier to deliver pages quickly, but we are not collectively hittin...

My goal is to seed the ecosystem with the information we need to understand the scale of the problem because solutions will likely be structural, not individual. Preaching regulation, not recycling bins, so it's largely immaterial if individuals bounce off it: infrequently.org/2025/11/perf...

25 Nov 2025

The information is incredible, as always, thanks. I agree solutions need to be structural, though is there not room for both? I've been involved in activism of some form for 15 years and there's usually a need for both individual (e.g. grassroots) and structural (regulatory) movement.