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Not OK: Annoying pop-ups begging me to join a newsletter, interrupting my ability to read your blog post. Stop that.

bshimmin 11y ago
My first thought too! The fact that it happened not once but twice really is inexcusable. Does this sort of nagging really work on anyone?!
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- slayed0 11y ago
  I've always wondered this. Who would subscribe to a newsletter BEFORE they've read an article on the site?
  - oferzelig 11y ago
    You are absolutely right guys, I tried to communicate with the popup provider to fix the issue that causes it to display twice, they failed to do that, and I'll replace the provider soon. Thank you.
zlatan_todoric 11y ago
Also the guy just read the story that was previous on HN how that was discovered in Debian https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9724409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9724409 (but it doesn't affect them) and made a post about it. 1000 thumbs down for him.
- so0k 11y ago
  also, he was being cynical http://fullstack.info/not-ok-google/#comment-2093993300 http://fullstack.info/not-ok-google/#comment-2093993300
LukeB_UK 11y ago
I got 2 popups, plus there are 2 forms on the page already.
- oferzelig 11y ago
  Will be fixed soon. Thank you.
jhgg 11y ago
Agree with this sentiment. A popup asking me to subscribe before I read the article, and another when my mouse left focus towards the top of the page (headed to the back button). Definitely not OK, especially for a tech blog.
- oferzelig 11y ago
  Will be fixed soon. Thank you.
snowwrestler 11y ago
I think a very positive change for HN would be to vote down meta-comments about article design/ads/fonts/pop-ups. I don't see how they add any substance to the discussion. We all got the same pop-up, we all find it annoying. Voting it up to the top of every HN discussion is not likely to change it. Who even knows if the author will ever see this thread. The topic of this post is whether Google can listen to, and presumably record, our conversations with little to no warning. To me that seems more worth a discussion than yet another pop-up email form.
- DanBC 11y ago
  HN mod dang agrees. Here's his post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 > A reader emailed to complain about how this and other HN discussions often become derailed by off-topic carping about blog design. I agree completely. Could there be a more classic form of bikeshedding? It would seem parodic if it weren't sadly real. This has become more of a thing on HN lately. It needs to become less of a thing. > I don't mean to pick on you personally, or just on this one comment. (Your second sentence alone, by the way, would have been a helpful contribution.) The problem is the tedious stampedes such comments spawn. I agree. I used to make those comments. I've tried to cut it down.
- hoers 11y ago
  Thanks
- nightmiles 11y ago
  I generally agree with you. My comment did not add to the discussion meaningfully, and I apologize for that. I chose to comment because the author of the linked post and the HN submitter are the same person; my reaction came directly from this association. All the same, the remark doesn't belong on HN.

My first thought too! The fact that it happened not once but twice really is inexcusable. Does this sort of nagging really work on anyone?!

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slayed0 11y ago
I've always wondered this. Who would subscribe to a newsletter BEFORE they've read an article on the site?
- oferzelig 11y ago
  You are absolutely right guys, I tried to communicate with the popup provider to fix the issue that causes it to display twice, they failed to do that, and I'll replace the provider soon. Thank you.

zlatan_todoric 11y ago

Also the guy just read the story that was previous on HN how that was discovered in Debian https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9724409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9724409 (but it doesn't affect them) and made a post about it. 1000 thumbs down for him.

so0k 11y ago
also, he was being cynical http://fullstack.info/not-ok-google/#comment-2093993300 http://fullstack.info/not-ok-google/#comment-2093993300

LukeB_UK 11y ago

I got 2 popups, plus there are 2 forms on the page already.

oferzelig 11y ago
Will be fixed soon. Thank you.

jhgg 11y ago

Agree with this sentiment. A popup asking me to subscribe before I read the article, and another when my mouse left focus towards the top of the page (headed to the back button). Definitely not OK, especially for a tech blog.

oferzelig 11y ago
Will be fixed soon. Thank you.

snowwrestler 11y ago

I think a very positive change for HN would be to vote down meta-comments about article design/ads/fonts/pop-ups. I don't see how they add any substance to the discussion. We all got the same pop-up, we all find it annoying. Voting it up to the top of every HN discussion is not likely to change it. Who even knows if the author will ever see this thread. The topic of this post is whether Google can listen to, and presumably record, our conversations with little to no warning. To me that seems more worth a discussion than yet another pop-up email form.

DanBC 11y ago
HN mod dang agrees. Here's his post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 > A reader emailed to complain about how this and other HN discussions often become derailed by off-topic carping about blog design. I agree completely. Could there be a more classic form of bikeshedding? It would seem parodic if it weren't sadly real. This has become more of a thing on HN lately. It needs to become less of a thing. > I don't mean to pick on you personally, or just on this one comment. (Your second sentence alone, by the way, would have been a helpful contribution.) The problem is the tedious stampedes such comments spawn. I agree. I used to make those comments. I've tried to cut it down.
hoers 11y ago
Thanks
nightmiles 11y ago
I generally agree with you. My comment did not add to the discussion meaningfully, and I apologize for that. I chose to comment because the author of the linked post and the HN submitter are the same person; my reaction came directly from this association. All the same, the remark doesn't belong on HN.