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I would have enjoyed reading the rest of that, but unfortunately a pop up appeared in the middle of the page as I scrolled down. I automatically close any page
by gnu8 7y ago
I would have enjoyed reading the rest of that, but unfortunately a pop up appeared in the middle of the page as I scrolled down. I automatically close any page that does this. I can’t figure out why anyone thinks it is reasonable or appropriate to do that. Would you go up to someone in a library who is reading something and ask them if they want to subscribe to some crappy mailing list? Certainly not!
- jrvarela56 7y agoIf you invited me to your library, where you have books you have paid for, I would not consider it rude if you interrupted me for a few seconds with this request. Heck, if you DEMANDED I give you my email before coming in, I think I would accept the exchange. Just click the X and be on with your day. This does not seem like a ridiculous request at all.
- gnu8 7y agoI have clicked on my last X for the day. This is getting to be worse than the X10 camera pop up ads from years ago. I’m a person, not a conversion or an eyeball, and if someone offers me a document I expect to be able to read it without being harassed. It’s a sad state of affairs when even MIT, an apparently esteemed university is only publishing information for the sake of the grift, rather than to stimulate the public intellect.
- a3n 7y ago> This is getting to be worse than the X10 camera pop up ads from years ago. Oh, the waves of nostalgia!
- kd5bjo 7y agoUnderstanding and reasoning about a text is a concentration-heavy activity that libraries exist to facilitate, and context-switching costs are similar to programming. In a library, it is rude to interrupt someone for any reason less urgent than closing time.
- neonate 7y agohttp://archive.is/QO4GQ http://archive.is/QO4GQ