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This page behaves really oddly on mobile. Huge swaths of blank space, and the byline repeats itself on every section. And I had to dismiss two modals before see

This page behaves really oddly on mobile. Huge swaths of blank space, and the byline repeats itself on every section. And I had to dismiss two modals before seeing any content. Unreadable.

hyperman1 5y ago
I'm on desktop, and something in the site design just pushed me away. I can't really say what, except the site itself, not the content, was somehow repellant. The email modal gave me an initial feeling of dread: I'll have to fight this site . Then the site itself felt it would give content only slowly. The colors were just ugly. I gave up without reading much, and I'm pretty sure if I see any other URL containing believermag, I'll just skip it, no matter the content. Weird, I've never reacted like that to any site, even a recent flickering puke-yellow on black one was bearable. But somehow not this. And I can't even say why. YMMV of course
- bruce343434 5y ago
  reader mode to the rescue!
  - vages 5y ago
    Reader mode did not work on Firefox mobile, because each character appeared on a new line. Probably something to do with the programming.
- ggeorgovassilis 5y ago
  For me it's the coloured border and horizontal scroll bar.
- vnfcvfshdfgs 5y ago
  I think it looks clean and elegant with js disabled.
IggleSniggle 5y ago
It worked for me, but it’s easy to imagine why it wouldn’t on another device. The text is made to very slowly render in line-by-line as you scroll. If you scroll quickly, it’s very easy to get way ahead of the rendering. Maybe it’s trying to prevent skimming the article or skipping to the end? Anyway, the page was riddled with affectations like that, and all the affectations seem like they’re designed to make you feel both uncomfortable and fascinated, like when find a dead animal covered with maggots…obviously the article fits that aesthetic as well.

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This page behaves really oddly on mobile. Huge swaths of blank space, and the byline repeats itself on every section. And I had to dismiss two modals before see

by ricardobeat 5y ago

This page behaves really oddly on mobile. Huge swaths of blank space, and the byline repeats itself on every section. And I had to dismiss two modals before seeing any content. Unreadable.

hyperman1 5y ago
I'm on desktop, and something in the site design just pushed me away. I can't really say what, except the site itself, not the content, was somehow repellant. The email modal gave me an initial feeling of dread: I'll have to fight this site . Then the site itself felt it would give content only slowly. The colors were just ugly. I gave up without reading much, and I'm pretty sure if I see any other URL containing believermag, I'll just skip it, no matter the content. Weird, I've never reacted like that to any site, even a recent flickering puke-yellow on black one was bearable. But somehow not this. And I can't even say why. YMMV of course
- bruce343434 5y ago
  reader mode to the rescue!
  - vages 5y ago
    Reader mode did not work on Firefox mobile, because each character appeared on a new line. Probably something to do with the programming.
- ggeorgovassilis 5y ago
  For me it's the coloured border and horizontal scroll bar.
- vnfcvfshdfgs 5y ago
  I think it looks clean and elegant with js disabled.
IggleSniggle 5y ago
It worked for me, but it’s easy to imagine why it wouldn’t on another device. The text is made to very slowly render in line-by-line as you scroll. If you scroll quickly, it’s very easy to get way ahead of the rendering. Maybe it’s trying to prevent skimming the article or skipping to the end? Anyway, the page was riddled with affectations like that, and all the affectations seem like they’re designed to make you feel both uncomfortable and fascinated, like when find a dead animal covered with maggots…obviously the article fits that aesthetic as well.