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IMHO the biggest offender: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/ They are making me insane with the modal login demand. I wonder if Google has downgraded the aut

IMHO the biggest offender: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/ They are making me insane with the modal login demand. I wonder if Google has downgraded the authoritative standing of StackOverflow?

chakkepolja 5y ago
you can use UBO element zapper, but i recommend staying away from that site except for leetcode type questions. The content quality is mixed at best.
phgn 5y ago
Do they not have original content? I'm always frustrated when I click too fast and land on geeksforgeeks.org, because their code examples are so low quality and without explanations. I didn't notice SO being this bad.
sireat 5y ago
geeksforgeeks actually has humanly created articles. The quality varies (kind of like W3Schools does). With ublock origin I have not seen any modal logins. For example this article on red black trees: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/red-black-tree-set-1-introduction-2/ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/red-black-tree-set-1-introduct... does not seem that horrible with proper references to CLRS and everything OP is talking about ugly looking automated Stack Overflow copies. No idea how those end up so high in rankings.
0des 5y ago
This site has fooled me once or twice. I think there are other domains that point to the same data-set, because that's not the only domain serving up this exact content.
dmurray 5y ago
These definitely aren't what the OP are talking about. They focus on original content but the quality is not great. The other sites, every page is a mirror of an SO page, with worse CSS. Maybe you haven't encountered them yet!
S6eUL 5y ago
See this reddit answer on how to circumvent the login prompt: https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/q0oqai/what_is_wrong_with_geeksforgeeks_why_forcing_to/hgv7njt/ https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/q0oqai/what_is...
jer0me 5y ago
I’ve just disabled JavaScript. The site works fine and the prompt never appears.

IMHO the biggest offender: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/ They are making me insane with the modal login demand. I wonder if Google has downgraded the authoritative standing of StackOverflow?

chakkepolja 5y ago

you can use UBO element zapper, but i recommend staying away from that site except for leetcode type questions. The content quality is mixed at best.

phgn 5y ago

Do they not have original content? I'm always frustrated when I click too fast and land on geeksforgeeks.org, because their code examples are so low quality and without explanations. I didn't notice SO being this bad.

sireat 5y ago

geeksforgeeks actually has humanly created articles. The quality varies (kind of like W3Schools does). With ublock origin I have not seen any modal logins. For example this article on red black trees: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/red-black-tree-set-1-introduction-2/ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/red-black-tree-set-1-introduct... does not seem that horrible with proper references to CLRS and everything OP is talking about ugly looking automated Stack Overflow copies. No idea how those end up so high in rankings.

0des 5y ago

This site has fooled me once or twice. I think there are other domains that point to the same data-set, because that's not the only domain serving up this exact content.

dmurray 5y ago

These definitely aren't what the OP are talking about. They focus on original content but the quality is not great. The other sites, every page is a mirror of an SO page, with worse CSS. Maybe you haven't encountered them yet!

S6eUL 5y ago

See this reddit answer on how to circumvent the login prompt: https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/q0oqai/what_is_wrong_with_geeksforgeeks_why_forcing_to/hgv7njt/ https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/q0oqai/what_is...

jer0me 5y ago

I’ve just disabled JavaScript. The site works fine and the prompt never appears.