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Nice, I can almost copy and paste my most recent comment again: Warning, plays a sound to make you notice a fake chat message in the corner. That's scammy.
by aw3c2 9y ago
Nice, I can almost copy and paste my most recent comment again:
Warning, plays a sound to make you notice a fake chat message in the corner. That's scammy.
- codezero 9y agoIntercom is a pretty well known support/engagement/communication tool. How is this scammy?
- jcwayne 9y agoNot sure I'd call it scammy, but I've been increasingly annoyed with the number of things I need to swat away or make an active effort to ignore in order to spend an uninterrupted 15 seconds skimming over a page to see if it's worth more of my time.
- codezero 9y agoFair point :) I can't argue much, I use Ghostery and also this host list which means I usually don't see those things: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
- pyre 9y agoA bit off-topic, but you might want to check this out if you plan on continuing to use Ghostery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism
- codezero 9y agoAs mentioned I supplement with a host blocker. I feel Ghostery has been very transparent about its use of data and has been clear about what I opt into and out of with any given update. Good looking out though!
- aw3c2 9y agoIt fakes a message meant for me when there is none. It does so with an invasive sound.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoI'd say that presenting a fake chat interface with a fake message is a bit dishonest, but then again it's so common nowadays that I barely even notice it (and by the time my brain processes what happened, my hand is half-way through moving the mouse pointer over the "Close" button).
- dvdhsu 9y agoHey -- sorry you were bugged by Intercom. I used it at a previous startup and it was pretty useful for communicating with users in real time. I'll see if I can make it not play the sound on page open!
- fiatjaf 9y agoAlso, it is covering the most important commands of the interface with its round logo.
- fiatjaf 9y agoI agree. I know it's Intercom and that everybody loves it, but I find it very very spammy. I'm not even mentioning that they slow the page a lot, but the sound, and the insistence on opening chat windows with idiotic default content even if I'm visiting the page for the 100th time, that is horrible.
- Nullabillity 9y agoIntercom definitely needs to die ASAP. But for now, apparently you can block it by blacklisting js.intercomcdn.com in your adblocker.