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I opened this on a computer without an adblocker installed (yeah, my mistake), and a minute or so into reading the article it suddenly pops up a full-screen ad
by tazjin 7y ago
I opened this on a computer without an adblocker installed (yeah, my mistake), and a minute or so into reading the article it suddenly pops up a full-screen ad to buy this guy's book. That's on the same level of annoying as autoplaying videos imo.
- ehnto 7y agoAh, the humble pop up. I don't see them so much anymore, but I also don't visit many websites that would do that anymore. It's always startling, sometimes it can take a good minute just to get through the onslaught of popups, popovers, chat widgets and permissions requests just to see the article.
- simonebrunozzi 7y agoYes. Sometimes I like what Tim writes, but his marketing tactics on the website and elsewhere are really bad and annoying. Tim, if you're reading this: please consider a different approach. You're rich and famous, you don't need the extra $$ of a slightly better conversion rate.
- hycaria 7y agoWhat if it's the team working on this that's looking for a better conversion rate ?