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Hypothesis: we are primed to expect ads to pop up, or some other interruption, when we read on phones, and even when those intrusions are held at bay, we have r
by omarhaneef 5y ago
Hypothesis: we are primed to expect ads to pop up, or some other interruption, when we read on phones, and even when those intrusions are held at bay, we have retain the expectation that they will emerge.
- idatum 5y ago+1 on this. I expect some kind of flashing ad or pop up, where that expectation itself is a distraction. It's rare that it's not a website I'm reading on mobile. The state of the internet. Sigh.
- ravenstine 5y agoAnd just a quick reminder for anyone reading this, disabling scripting by default for sites mostly solves the issue of delayed popup modals. The uBlock Origin element blocker can take care of anything that makes it through if JavaScript must be enabled. This is what I've been doing for the last few years and I haven't looked back. If a blog or article can't be viewed without JavaScript, then it probably wasn't worth reading. Likewise, I keep my phone on Do Not Disturb at all times, and have it configured to allow numbers in my contacts to ring through in case of emergencies. Everything else is silent. These things have significantly decreased the activity in the part of my brain that expects distractions and adverse UI patterns at any moment.