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I have to say I'm happy Mashable failed. I used to visit Mashable regularly. 95% of my visits would originate from Facebook; mainly memes, click bait and other
by m4tthumphrey 9y ago
I have to say I'm happy Mashable failed. I used to visit Mashable regularly. 95% of my visits would originate from Facebook; mainly memes, click bait and other time wasters but it got me through the boring times at work or on the toilet. They always had ads but never enough to annoy me or get in the way.
The years went on and then I started to notice the ad technique of displaying lists as a slideshow on multiple "pages". Followed by the modal popups "Sign up to our newsletter" on every visit. Followed by the site simply not functioning on a mobile. I even tweeted about that one, [0] which incidentally was my last tweet about them (and probably the last time I visited them).
[0] https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Am4tthumphrey%20mashable&src=typd https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Am4tthumphrey%20mashable&...