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Tengential but: sometimes I wonder how websites like these survive or even exist. Reading an article on Fortune is hellish: ads trying to load, flash trying to
by oliv__ 11y ago
Tengential but: sometimes I wonder how websites like these survive or even exist.
Reading an article on Fortune is hellish: ads trying to load, flash trying to activate, huge black banner with outsize logo (80% empty space), another banner linking to other sites of the network, big link banner to the left, ad underneath, and finally you get a tiny, cramped square on the screen to read your article.
Who reads this?
(In any case, a 3D printer at that price is pretty damn cool. Kids will grow up in a totally different world when they can 3D print toys at home, on demand.)
- jgalt212 11y agoIndeed. I basically cannot get either Business Insider or Huffington Post to load on my laptop unless I have an Ad Blocker installed.
- wallflower 11y ago> Who reads this? Print ads still are the bulk of Time, Inc.'s revenue. With the race to the bottom (as in quality) for online ad selling, we are merely reaping the results of monetizing online publications through selling (lots of) screen real estate. Buzzfeed's model is very interesting. Attract traffic virally (You won't believe what happened next) to subsidize real investigative journalism. Similar to using ads to support foreign desks. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/how-buzzfeed-parisian-cafe http://www.iop.harvard.edu/how-buzzfeed-parisian-cafe
- kristianp 11y agoDon't forget h1 text reflowing and scroll bars appearing when you move the mouse between the left column and the main section! Animated ads like the ones on this site are what made me start using adblockers years ago, I literally can't read the text when they're on the page.