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Oh my, assaulted? By that single blinking icon? I hope you're ok.
by pc86 4y ago
Oh my, assaulted? By that single blinking icon? I hope you're ok.
- rejectfinite 4y agoYet everyone on HN complains about ads Yes I blocked it with ublock
- OkayPhysicist 4y agoBecause at the end of the day, the problem with ads isn't that they're annoying, or get in the way, or are garish, or whatever else. The problem with ads is that they are ads. They're an overt attempt to hijack your attention implant ideas in your head, ideas that are antithetical to your own wellbeing. A little cat chasing my cursor is just plain fun. No malice involved.
- Semaphor 4y ago> A little cat chasing my cursor is just plain fun. No malice involved. There’s a browser setting, "prefers reduced motion" for accessibility reason. And yes, I have that enabled.
- deletescape 4y agohttps://crimew.gay/notice/AVXaTbTamC92MLk1ei https://crimew.gay/notice/AVXaTbTamC92MLk1ei the cat following the cursor should now apparently be properly disabled with the reduced motion acessibility setting
- rejectfinite 3y agoI decide what is annoying or not for myself.
- supriyo-biswas 4y agoInterestingly, had this complaint been about an ad, parent would have been upvoted with hundreds of comments agreeing with them. In other words, what OP is trying to say is that websites should be designed with the users goals in mind, and IMO it's fair to say that this website wasn't designed that way.
- insanitybit 4y agoIf anything this just shows that people don't hate ads because they're obnoxious, they hate ads because they're ads.
- int_19h 4y agoAds are generally not nostalgic references (and when they are, you still know that it's someone ultimately trying to push your emotional buttons to get you to give them money). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software)
- Semaphor 4y ago"assault on the senses" is a well-known idiom. Or so I thought. Apparently it’s offensive to quite a few of you, I’m sorry.