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Hosting this article on Medium completely undermines it. This is what I see when I open it: https://i.postimg.cc/gk8SC8cT/pot-kettle-black.png https://i.postim

by fader 7y ago

Hosting this article on Medium completely undermines it. This is what I see when I open it: https://i.postimg.cc/gk8SC8cT/pot-kettle-black.png https://i.postimg.cc/gk8SC8cT/pot-kettle-black.png

movedx 7y ago
ffs... that's a joke. I don't even know why I click links to medium.com anymore. I should find a plugin that blocks it instead.
- chopin 7y ago
  uMatrix can accomplish that (just block everything for that domain).
  - kackbein 7y ago
    thanks for the tip
  - wrycoder 7y ago
    Or the Block Site extension for Firefox.
ignoramous 7y ago
See the same. I outlined it https://outline.com/sUNND9 https://outline.com/sUNND9
- MaxBarraclough 7y ago
  I'm seeing inline pop-up spam at the bottom of the Outline page. Is that stupid idea a new one, or did I just not notice until now?
  - ignoramous 7y ago
    Not sure either. In fact, I didn't realise there was a popup until after you pointed out.
makeramen 7y ago
On mobile you’re blocked by a full screen modal to sign up, followed by a persistent top banner to use their app.
chrismorgan 7y ago
I explicitly block all scripting on Medium websites with uMatrix, and it makes it quite reasonable. If you allow first-party scripts only (uMatrix’s default), all the images break and you get some of the annoyances added. I also cull the waste-of-space top half of the header bar with a rule `##.js-metabarMiddle` in uBlock Origin.
SamWhited 7y ago
Given what this article is about, this might be the only appropriate article to post on Medium. It could have been one of the design tips "always use Medium for blogs to ensure your users are as annoyed as possible, by comparison your crappy website will feel great!"
koonsolo 7y ago
Undermines? In my opinion it confirms it.
orpheline 7y ago
Interesting! I'm using Firefox Focus, and it loads fine... There is a prompt at the bottom about my number of free articles, but it didn't affect viewing the article.
Funes- 7y ago
I mean, he is actually poking fun at Medium in one of the mock-ups that illustrate the article. Look at the title bar and the URL: https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*Gfb0mEijJO5D263uDCZlRA.png https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*Gfb0mEijJO5D263uD....
- caspervonb 7y ago
  Two actually, there's the one with "Maximum" too ;)
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
caspervonb 7y ago
They're maximizing the layout, as per the guide.
ibejoeb 7y ago
Holy shit, postimg wants to show me notifications... http://pichost.org/images/2019/06/13/ScreenShot2019-06-13at10.24.45PM.png http://pichost.org/images/2019/06/13/ScreenShot2019-06-13at1... Like what kind of notifications? "Bruh you seeing this?"
ksynwa 7y ago
I have this small script to hide distracting elements on Medium. https://gist.github.com/kartikynwa/ef9d48fad6a912cd5688083cdfed1aff https://gist.github.com/kartikynwa/ef9d48fad6a912cd5688083cd... I don't know why I wrote this because I don't even like the content that gets posted on Medium.

by fader 7y ago

Hosting this article on Medium completely undermines it. This is what I see when I open it: https://i.postimg.cc/gk8SC8cT/pot-kettle-black.png https://i.postimg.cc/gk8SC8cT/pot-kettle-black.png

movedx 7y ago

ffs... that's a joke. I don't even know why I click links to medium.com anymore. I should find a plugin that blocks it instead.

chopin 7y ago
uMatrix can accomplish that (just block everything for that domain).
- kackbein 7y ago
  thanks for the tip
- wrycoder 7y ago
  Or the Block Site extension for Firefox.

ignoramous 7y ago

See the same. I outlined it https://outline.com/sUNND9 https://outline.com/sUNND9

MaxBarraclough 7y ago
I'm seeing inline pop-up spam at the bottom of the Outline page. Is that stupid idea a new one, or did I just not notice until now?
- ignoramous 7y ago
  Not sure either. In fact, I didn't realise there was a popup until after you pointed out.

makeramen 7y ago

On mobile you’re blocked by a full screen modal to sign up, followed by a persistent top banner to use their app.

chrismorgan 7y ago

I explicitly block all scripting on Medium websites with uMatrix, and it makes it quite reasonable. If you allow first-party scripts only (uMatrix’s default), all the images break and you get some of the annoyances added. I also cull the waste-of-space top half of the header bar with a rule `##.js-metabarMiddle` in uBlock Origin.

SamWhited 7y ago

Given what this article is about, this might be the only appropriate article to post on Medium. It could have been one of the design tips "always use Medium for blogs to ensure your users are as annoyed as possible, by comparison your crappy website will feel great!"

koonsolo 7y ago

Undermines? In my opinion it confirms it.

orpheline 7y ago

Interesting! I'm using Firefox Focus, and it loads fine... There is a prompt at the bottom about my number of free articles, but it didn't affect viewing the article.

Funes- 7y ago

I mean, he is actually poking fun at Medium in one of the mock-ups that illustrate the article. Look at the title bar and the URL: https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*Gfb0mEijJO5D263uDCZlRA.png https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*Gfb0mEijJO5D263uD....

caspervonb 7y ago
Two actually, there's the one with "Maximum" too ;)
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]

caspervonb 7y ago

They're maximizing the layout, as per the guide.

ibejoeb 7y ago

Holy shit, postimg wants to show me notifications... http://pichost.org/images/2019/06/13/ScreenShot2019-06-13at10.24.45PM.png http://pichost.org/images/2019/06/13/ScreenShot2019-06-13at1... Like what kind of notifications? "Bruh you seeing this?"

ksynwa 7y ago

I have this small script to hide distracting elements on Medium. https://gist.github.com/kartikynwa/ef9d48fad6a912cd5688083cdfed1aff https://gist.github.com/kartikynwa/ef9d48fad6a912cd5688083cd... I don't know why I wrote this because I don't even like the content that gets posted on Medium.