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It was an intrusive ad banner, with a deceptive close button that redirected users to a sales page. That should have never been allowed to happen, if they value
by lioeters 7y ago
It was an intrusive ad banner, with a deceptive close button that redirected users to a sales page. That should have never been allowed to happen, if they value their reputation.
On the other hand, they quickly responded by removing the ad and apologizing publicly.
https://twitter.com/MariekeRakt/status/1200077958700044290?s=20 https://twitter.com/MariekeRakt/status/1200077958700044290?s...
It was the right move.
- martin_a 7y ago> On the other hand, they quickly responded by removing the ad and apologizing publicly. I hate this. It's about testing the waters, seeing with what you can get away and how loud the users will cry. Nothing about this was happened without a reason. Automattic should just outright ban plugins that are using dark UI patterns like this.