The worst is when they demand an account before there is even an old explanation of what they actually offer (beyond what you wanted from whatever link you pressed to get there).
I did web dev for a divorce consultation company and they insisted on a big newsletter form popping up on the home page. I mean like, ten fields? The usual name / email, but also phone number, what they’re interested in, what state they’re in, a whole bunch of stuff. I told them it’s too much stuff and will turn people away. The powers that be said that the opposite will happen, if we don’t have it then potential customers will see it as a lack of customer service and think they aren’t serious. Also that making people fill that stuff out would provide valuable demographics data, which just assumed people would in fact fill it out.
Not a single person, ever, filled out that form, and it’s not like they had low traffic either. I could SEE on the backend how many people the thing popped up for and also that it had been filled out exactly zero times over the course of years. Why do people think this shit is a good idea? Since when was harassment a valid way to positively influence someone? Boomer brain, I swear.
I was trying to find a salary for a position at a company on Glassdoor, but when I clicked on the search result to bring it up it asked me to sign into Glassdoor. I cursed and closed the tab.
I have a Glassdoor account, I just didn’t want to sign in just to look at one result god damnit.
Turn off JavaScript and reload page
leaving right away
Open 3: View source and start deleting paywalls.
That yellow section is way too big.
I’ve never signed up unless I specifically went to the website *knowing* I was gonna sign up
Who is the asshole that signs up for these things.
Just read the headlines and don’t open any links. If they can’t not put a clickbait title, they can’t get my view.
The real question is, who’s turning on push notifications?
please sign up to view this lame article you were only mildly interested in to begin with
Pull up 10 minute mail and pray you don’t forget the password
I do the same thing when a YouTube video opens up on Reddit.
Same same with ad blocking notices. Nope goodby.
Imagine putting your IG handle on a pie chart 😂
FTFY
[https://imgur.com/a/obShdPh](https://imgur.com/a/obShdPh)
Actually, I just copy the web address and paste it in [https://www.removepaywall.com/](https://www.removepaywall.com/) 🤓
The worst is when they demand an account before there is even an old explanation of what they actually offer (beyond what you wanted from whatever link you pressed to get there).
That’s really…
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I did web dev for a divorce consultation company and they insisted on a big newsletter form popping up on the home page. I mean like, ten fields? The usual name / email, but also phone number, what they’re interested in, what state they’re in, a whole bunch of stuff. I told them it’s too much stuff and will turn people away. The powers that be said that the opposite will happen, if we don’t have it then potential customers will see it as a lack of customer service and think they aren’t serious. Also that making people fill that stuff out would provide valuable demographics data, which just assumed people would in fact fill it out.
Not a single person, ever, filled out that form, and it’s not like they had low traffic either. I could SEE on the backend how many people the thing popped up for and also that it had been filled out exactly zero times over the course of years. Why do people think this shit is a good idea? Since when was harassment a valid way to positively influence someone? Boomer brain, I swear.
It is the same for ‘I see you have an adblocker…’
Going back to the comments on Reddit to see if someone copy/pasted the interesting part
I also close any website that forces me to disable Adblock.
I prefer “fuck you”, to be exact.
I was trying to find a salary for a position at a company on Glassdoor, but when I clicked on the search result to bring it up it asked me to sign into Glassdoor. I cursed and closed the tab.
I have a Glassdoor account, I just didn’t want to sign in just to look at one result god damnit.
Nah, the yellow sliver is those of us who hit “inspect element” and try to bypass the soft paywall.
The people who actually sign up wouldn’t even be visible on a pie chart.
There should be a red section for
“press f11 and spend 3 hours deciphering the source code to read the article without signing up”