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Posthog's website design feels like a joke that went a bit too far

by flunhat 10mo ago

anonymous908213 10mo ago
Other than the silly design, the website's cookie banner is actively malicious. It proclaims to be legally required and directly blames the President of the European Commission. If Posthog is being truthful about its cookie usage, the cookie banner is in fact not legally required. Consent banners are only required if you're trying to do individual user tracking or collecting personally identifying data; technical cookies like session storage do not require a banner. That they then chose to include a cookie banner anyways, with explicit blame, is an act of propaganda clearly intended to cause unnecessary consent banner fatigue and weaken support for the GDPR.
- dkdcio 10mo ago
  I agree it’s stupid but wouldn’t ascribe intent without more information
- vanschelven 10mo ago
  I don't have a cookie banner on _my_ website for exactly this reason, but I have to admit some people have asked my if it isn't suspicious that I don't. Perhaps that's what they're trying to avoid here? (that would be the positive reading)
  - lotyrin 10mo ago
    Maybe you need a "why I don't have a banner" banner.
    - vanschelven 10mo ago
      I think that's what Posthog might be trying but as per the above there may be a fine line between funny and annoying and/or between useful and useless. or maybe I just missed your sarcasm
jwpapi 10mo ago
They made a post how they reinvented ux
- krater23 10mo ago
  okay, now I think this is really a joke. A website where it's not possible to scroll with the keyboard is telling us something about ux.
amitav1 10mo 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
- flunhat 10mo ago
  Surely we can make an exception when it's this egregious? Like all rules, there are exceptions.
- fatty_patty89 10mo ago
  Second time you posted this, are you a moderator?
krater23 10mo ago
It not only feels like, scrolling with keyboard is not possible. This is a joke.

Posthog's website design feels like a joke that went a bit too far

by flunhat 10mo ago

Posthog's website design feels like a joke that went a bit too far

Other than the silly design, the website's cookie banner is actively malicious. It proclaims to be legally required and directly blames the President of the European Commission. If Posthog is being truthful about its cookie usage, the cookie banner is in fact not legally required. Consent banners are only required if you're trying to do individual user tracking or collecting personally identifying data; technical cookies like session storage do not require a banner. That they then chose to include a cookie banner anyways, with explicit blame, is an act of propaganda clearly intended to cause unnecessary consent banner fatigue and weaken support for the GDPR.

dkdcio 10mo ago
I agree it’s stupid but wouldn’t ascribe intent without more information
vanschelven 10mo ago
I don't have a cookie banner on _my_ website for exactly this reason, but I have to admit some people have asked my if it isn't suspicious that I don't. Perhaps that's what they're trying to avoid here? (that would be the positive reading)
- lotyrin 10mo ago
  Maybe you need a "why I don't have a banner" banner.
  - vanschelven 10mo ago
    I think that's what Posthog might be trying but as per the above there may be a fine line between funny and annoying and/or between useful and useless. or maybe I just missed your sarcasm

jwpapi 10mo ago

They made a post how they reinvented ux

krater23 10mo ago
okay, now I think this is really a joke. A website where it's not possible to scroll with the keyboard is telling us something about ux.

amitav1 10mo 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

flunhat 10mo ago
Surely we can make an exception when it's this egregious? Like all rules, there are exceptions.
fatty_patty89 10mo ago
Second time you posted this, are you a moderator?

krater23 10mo ago

It not only feels like, scrolling with keyboard is not possible. This is a joke.