In short, it is the worst fad the is plaguing the internet nowadays.

I don't know about the worst, but it's up there.

And it's not as if this question hadn't been definitively settled by human-factors researchers in the last century. Light text on a dark background is harder to read on a screen. No room for debate, the studies have been done and replicated. There's a reason why computing left "dark mode" in a junk heap full of green- and amber-phosphor CRT monitors.

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gethly 3 days ago | parent [-]

Worst in the context of ergonomy as it is dictated by the websites/mobile applications and not the user, like the choice of computer screen hardware and settings or choice of chair, desk, mouse...

	▲	CamperBob2 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Exactly. There's no reason why an individual user shouldn't prefer dark mode, and there's no reason why a site shouldn't offer it. But if you run a popular site, it's an asshole move to force it on your users, as so many sites are doing these days.