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0 pointsajsnigrutin3y ago0 comments

Yep, especially on the first page you ever visit, and it covers 60% of the contents.

Also, you usually have to close the "subcribe to our newsletter" popup first, to even see the chat window, covering the content you're interested in.

Then you scroll half a screen down, and a new popup with a survey, asking you how much you like their page.

Basically, they actively try to discourage you from seeing the content you actually want to see on the page.

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denton-scratch3y ago

Well, I guess this is what happens when a business operation is placed under the control of marketing.

It's a very old-fashioned attitude; back in the early noughties, many companies thought of the web as essentially an advertising billboard, so the website was placed under the marketing team. That's counterproductive, if the website is actually a core business operation.

princevegeta893y ago

It's pretty sad that even little startups these days are ending up doing it. They usually have two or three people "available" through chat but the chatbox punches you in the face even when you're just a visitor trying to check out what the fuck their startup does.

dpkirchner3y ago

If they could, they'd trigger something on your phone or computer that causes a knife to stab you in the face the first time you open their site. But alas, their power is limited to rendering the site unusable and unreadable.

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