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Those are particularly annoying when im halfway through reading and they popup out of nowhere. I'm surprised it's an effective tactic at all to annoy readers (i

by redml 11y ago

Those are particularly annoying when im halfway through reading and they popup out of nowhere. I'm surprised it's an effective tactic at all to annoy readers (it has to be effective if they're doing it).

irl_zebra 11y ago
To play the devil's advocate, if it's coming at all, I'd rather it be halfway through the article than right as I load the page. Presumably if I've read half an article, I'm at least partially interested in what's on their site. Nautilius seems to do an embedded newsletter ad halfway through the article, no pop up, just enter your email if you're interested or keep reading. Very happy about this (though I still didn't subscribe).