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Only if you create an account and log in, right? I've gotten along without having a Wikipedia account for the last 20 years, I guess now I have to make one. If
by karaterobot 4y ago
Only if you create an account and log in, right? I've gotten along without having a Wikipedia account for the last 20 years, I guess now I have to make one. If that was a product goal, it was a very sneaky success.
- kibwen 4y agoAs mentioned in the above HN link, you don't need to log in. If you're annoyed by the logged-out approach of appending a query parameter to the URL, other people in sibling threads shared Greasemonkey scripts (or whatever they're called these days) for doing so automatically.
- sdiacom 4y agoI'm pretty sure that "getting the same four Hacker News users, who feel personally wronged every time a website becomes more readable, to sign up" is nowhere near the top of their list of priorities.
- karaterobot 4y agoGrrr, I hate readability! Just the idea of proper line lengths makes me angry. But I think everybody has to create an account, not just us salty grandpas. Like I said, if it was a product goal, it's a sneaky way to do it. Not saying that is the case.
- sdiacom 4y agoSneaky indeed. So sneaky, in fact, that it would be completely ineffective.
- karaterobot 4y agoI dunno, I bet they get an uptick in signups, especially right after launching this design.