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This is less-bad than the real thing. [EDIT] I think I figured out the main difference: this lets me imagine that more than 10% of the "content" isn't also SEO

This is less-bad than the real thing. [EDIT] I think I figured out the main difference: this lets me imagine that more than 10% of the "content" isn't also SEO garbage, and has actual value. [EDIT AGAIN] What it really needs is a giant sticky header that hides when scrolling down but pops up the second you scroll up at all, obscuring all the stuff you were scrolling up to see.

TeMPOraL 5y ago
> [EDIT] I think I figured out the main difference: this lets me imagine that more than 10% of the "content" isn't also SEO garbage, and has actual value. Yup. I think the author forgot to color the main article text, and to label it "also an ad".
rchaud 5y ago
Those giant dynamic headers are the worst. If you try to save the page to PDF, those headers will block the content at the top of the page. I've taken to using the element zapper on Ublock Origin to remove them. Sometimes I worry that it'll break the navigation, but then again I rarely come back to sites like those.
aaron5 5y ago
Those headers are a biscuit(<-euphemism).
jb_s 5y ago
In real life, the news article is actually a PR release written entirely by a PR company and fed to some low-level staffer (because actual journalism is expensive and nobody can even tell that this is happening)
- Breza 5y ago
  If you're interested in this topic, I suggest the short book Ghosting The News.
lordlic 5y ago
How about a "Find everything you needed?" popover that appears near the top when you move your cursor up to the tab bar to close the tab?
HanyouHottie 5y ago
You can make a bookmark called "Kill Sticky" or something and put this in it [1]: javascript:(function()%7B(function%20()%20%7Bvar%20i%2C%20elements%20%3D%20document.querySelectorAll('body%20*')%3Bfor%20(i%20%3D%200%3B%20i%20%3C%20elements.length%3B%20i%2B%2B)%20%7Bif%20(getComputedStyle(elements%5Bi%5D).position%20%3D%3D%3D%20'fixed')%20%7Belements%5Bi%5D.parentNode.removeChild(elements%5Bi%5D)%3B%7D%7D%7D)()%7D)() It will delete any fixed headers and footers on your current page. [1]:https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/ https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/

TeMPOraL 5y ago

> [EDIT] I think I figured out the main difference: this lets me imagine that more than 10% of the "content" isn't also SEO garbage, and has actual value. Yup. I think the author forgot to color the main article text, and to label it "also an ad".

rchaud 5y ago

Those giant dynamic headers are the worst. If you try to save the page to PDF, those headers will block the content at the top of the page. I've taken to using the element zapper on Ublock Origin to remove them. Sometimes I worry that it'll break the navigation, but then again I rarely come back to sites like those.

aaron5 5y ago

Those headers are a biscuit(<-euphemism).

jb_s 5y ago

In real life, the news article is actually a PR release written entirely by a PR company and fed to some low-level staffer (because actual journalism is expensive and nobody can even tell that this is happening)

Breza 5y ago
If you're interested in this topic, I suggest the short book Ghosting The News.

lordlic 5y ago

How about a "Find everything you needed?" popover that appears near the top when you move your cursor up to the tab bar to close the tab?

HanyouHottie 5y ago

You can make a bookmark called "Kill Sticky" or something and put this in it [1]: javascript:(function()%7B(function%20()%20%7Bvar%20i%2C%20elements%20%3D%20document.querySelectorAll('body%20*')%3Bfor%20(i%20%3D%200%3B%20i%20%3C%20elements.length%3B%20i%2B%2B)%20%7Bif%20(getComputedStyle(elements%5Bi%5D).position%20%3D%3D%3D%20'fixed')%20%7Belements%5Bi%5D.parentNode.removeChild(elements%5Bi%5D)%3B%7D%7D%7D)()%7D)() It will delete any fixed headers and footers on your current page. [1]:https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/ https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/