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As I read this story, some moving advertisements start along the top and sides. After ten seconds, a floating bar covers the text. After a few more, a modal d
by CharlesMerriam2 8y ago
As I read this story, some moving advertisements start along the top and sides. After ten seconds, a floating bar covers the text. After a few more, a modal dialog. Then the 'share me now' buttons, obscuring the text. Then I leave.
Too few websites offer an experience for someone to read the content, and so we will see "Reading Online Content in the Age of Constant Distraction" in HackerNews.
- moneywoes 8y agoTry ublock origin with a lot of filters.
- LandR 8y agoFirefox reader mode kills all of this.
- geolgau 8y agothis! x1000
- r_c_a_d 8y agoYes, I wasn't sure if the distractions were there to prove a point or if it was just ironic that the site was bombarding its own article with distractions.
- geolgau 8y agoHow can you live in 2019 without an ad blocker? I'm on that page and never got any ads/intrusions.
- IanSanders 8y agoMaybe they are using an iphone or something. Adblockers don't resolve the root of the problem!