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Every time I read an article, and 20 seconds into it, mid-paragraph a modal window tries to get me to register it evokes such an rage I just stop what I am read

by bbarn 11y ago

Every time I read an article, and 20 seconds into it, mid-paragraph a modal window tries to get me to register it evokes such an rage I just stop what I am reading and click back. This UI pattern is one of the worst I've ever seen.

rpgmaker 11y ago
FLOSS oriented sites that do this a lot for some reason. Almost all of them.
osxrand 11y ago
Depending on my mood I'll either stop reading and leave the site, or fill in an (hopefully an actual) email address of the domain I'm on, then leave the site. It's never ever enticed me to sign up for anything
bertil 11y ago
I do not see this, and I believe this is thanks to me using Ghostery. It’s a plug-in that allows you to see, choose and filter in or out the scripts that run on your page. In this case, I see about 15 of them (and block most, out of experience that those are from company with disreputable practices) so I couldn’t tell you which is the culprit. I strongly recommend that plug-in to any one, technically inclined or not: the savvy because that level of control makes sense, marginally more than AdBlock; the less so to appreciate how much data-gathering is happening, and what are the names of the main actors.
- nacs 11y ago
  I have Ghostery installed and enabled (along with uBlock Origin) and I still saw the modal popup: http://thumbsnap.com/i/PQ0bY923.png?1219 http://thumbsnap.com/i/PQ0bY923.png?1219
  - dhimes 11y ago
    Me too, fwiw.
  - mziel 11y ago
    Depends on your settings. (right click -> options) I have uBlock (additional lists) and Ghostery (block all) and don't see that.
macu 11y ago
We have no idea how many people think they have to give their email in order to keep reading. I've met a handful of very average people who wouldn't see the "X" or know how to react.
- rokhayakebe 11y ago
  There. I have done this before and it works, i.e. people do sign up.
  - simoncion 11y ago
    :( Why are you hurting The Web? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE
coldpie 11y ago
NoScript improves the web yet again.
pwg 11y ago
> Every time I read an article, and 20 seconds into it, mid-paragraph a modal window tries to get me to register I have NoScript installed - I was able to read the whole article with no modal popup windows appearing at all.
- ianlevesque 11y ago
  Thus solving the problem for everyone, forever.
prodmerc 11y ago
Well, it is Puffington Post...

by bbarn 11y ago

rpgmaker 11y ago

FLOSS oriented sites that do this a lot for some reason. Almost all of them.

osxrand 11y ago

Depending on my mood I'll either stop reading and leave the site, or fill in an (hopefully an actual) email address of the domain I'm on, then leave the site. It's never ever enticed me to sign up for anything

bertil 11y ago

I do not see this, and I believe this is thanks to me using Ghostery. It’s a plug-in that allows you to see, choose and filter in or out the scripts that run on your page. In this case, I see about 15 of them (and block most, out of experience that those are from company with disreputable practices) so I couldn’t tell you which is the culprit. I strongly recommend that plug-in to any one, technically inclined or not: the savvy because that level of control makes sense, marginally more than AdBlock; the less so to appreciate how much data-gathering is happening, and what are the names of the main actors.

nacs 11y ago
I have Ghostery installed and enabled (along with uBlock Origin) and I still saw the modal popup: http://thumbsnap.com/i/PQ0bY923.png?1219 http://thumbsnap.com/i/PQ0bY923.png?1219
- dhimes 11y ago
  Me too, fwiw.
- mziel 11y ago
  Depends on your settings. (right click -> options) I have uBlock (additional lists) and Ghostery (block all) and don't see that.

macu 11y ago

We have no idea how many people think they have to give their email in order to keep reading. I've met a handful of very average people who wouldn't see the "X" or know how to react.

rokhayakebe 11y ago
There. I have done this before and it works, i.e. people do sign up.
- simoncion 11y ago
  :( Why are you hurting The Web? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE

coldpie 11y ago

NoScript improves the web yet again.

pwg 11y ago

> Every time I read an article, and 20 seconds into it, mid-paragraph a modal window tries to get me to register I have NoScript installed - I was able to read the whole article with no modal popup windows appearing at all.

ianlevesque 11y ago
Thus solving the problem for everyone, forever.

prodmerc 11y ago

Well, it is Puffington Post...