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What a truly awful "sign up for my newsletter in order to read my blog post" nag modal. All you have to do is scroll down a bit and then scroll back up, and th

What a truly awful "sign up for my newsletter in order to read my blog post" nag modal. All you have to do is scroll down a bit and then scroll back up, and the modal remains off-screen below the bottom. A determined user can easily get around this wall, while it's JUST annoying enough to make a casual user (such as myself) close the tab after the second paragraph once the modal appears.

causi 3y ago
All you have to do is scroll down a bit and then scroll back up, and the modal remains off-screen below the bottom. Or just tap "continue reading" to dismiss it like a normal person.
- mmcgaha 3y ago
  Yeah like the parent post said a determined user. Seriously though thanks for pointing it out because my eyes skipped right over the continue reading and went right up to the close my tab X.
robswc 3y ago
Maybe you're on a different device but on my browser there's a button that says "continue reading" Looks like its just substack with a custom domain. Those can be annoying though, for sure.
frandroid 3y ago
Is this the first time you see a substack page buddy
- IKantRead 3y ago
  I don't think you should criticize others just because you've adapted to what is clearly a dark pattern. I clearly see the "continue reading" now, but I definitely recall the first time I saw this popup not seeing it and closing out of the window because I thought substack was demanding signup. I have no doubt they've a/b tested the hell out of this UX and patted themselves on the back when first time readers started subscribing at record rates... never bother to ask what this meant for the actual UX.
  - causi 3y ago
    It can't be a dark pattern without trying to trick the user. A popup saying "sign up for our blah-blah!" is not a dark pattern.
madars 3y ago
No such modal with uBlock Origin and default blocklists :) (Pro-tip: if you use Android, Firefox Mobile also supports uBlock Origin) You can even import anti-paywall filter lists like: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liamengland1/miscfilters/master/antipaywall.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liamengland1/miscfilters/m... https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters/-/raw/main/bpc-paywall-filter.txt https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filter... Can't imagine browsing web with all the crapware, adds, nags, and trackers.
dang 3y ago
"Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

causi 3y ago

All you have to do is scroll down a bit and then scroll back up, and the modal remains off-screen below the bottom. Or just tap "continue reading" to dismiss it like a normal person.

mmcgaha 3y ago
Yeah like the parent post said a determined user. Seriously though thanks for pointing it out because my eyes skipped right over the continue reading and went right up to the close my tab X.

robswc 3y ago

Maybe you're on a different device but on my browser there's a button that says "continue reading" Looks like its just substack with a custom domain. Those can be annoying though, for sure.

frandroid 3y ago

Is this the first time you see a substack page buddy

IKantRead 3y ago
I don't think you should criticize others just because you've adapted to what is clearly a dark pattern. I clearly see the "continue reading" now, but I definitely recall the first time I saw this popup not seeing it and closing out of the window because I thought substack was demanding signup. I have no doubt they've a/b tested the hell out of this UX and patted themselves on the back when first time readers started subscribing at record rates... never bother to ask what this meant for the actual UX.
- causi 3y ago
  It can't be a dark pattern without trying to trick the user. A popup saying "sign up for our blah-blah!" is not a dark pattern.

madars 3y ago

No such modal with uBlock Origin and default blocklists :) (Pro-tip: if you use Android, Firefox Mobile also supports uBlock Origin) You can even import anti-paywall filter lists like: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liamengland1/miscfilters/master/antipaywall.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liamengland1/miscfilters/m... https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters/-/raw/main/bpc-paywall-filter.txt https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filter... Can't imagine browsing web with all the crapware, adds, nags, and trackers.

dang 3y ago

"Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html