I’ve never found them bad. They convey what they do, well. No extra BS, just content.
Styling should be up the the browser’s user in an ideal world, based on hints and context.
Some people care about information and don’t get off on screwing with CSS and Javascript all day. Especially if they started hacking before hacking was a synonym for screwing with web apps.
Bold move posting to lobste.rs and not using pushover :)
I’m a fair and impartial tyrant.
I hope it didn’t come through as an endorsement for Pushbullet… :) I’ll update it to include Pushover4j (the setup is very similar anyway).