It was a long read but a good one. I had basically forgotten that I used to read magazines. Waiting for my favorite ones' next issue every month. This reminded me of those.
Also, I'm not a stutterer but I feel that stuttering seems like a neurological condition happening to a certain population of people. Neurological like within the nerves of the tongue maybe? This might be the reason why they find it hard to articulate words?
I wish page architects could comprehend the level of revulsion I feel when I get into an article and something like a popup distracts me. It doesn't make me want to sign up or pay. It makes me want to find another source. I prefer when a site just blocks an article entirely.
I'm not trying to be judgmental but, you'll never get anywhere if you let small obstacles in life deter you from your goals. Losing interest in something because of a pop-up that can be easily side-stepped causes you to miss the opportunity to read what I consider to be a fairly well-written story about one person's struggle with stuttering.
I also detest modals, ads, auto-playing anythings, etc. but when you can get past it simply by clicking the X provided in the modal I count that as more of a minor annoyance than a hard boundary which I refuse to cross.
> you'll never get anywhere if you let small obstacles in life deter you from your goals
It is true that I decided not to read the article, but I don't think that is indicative of a larger life pattern. In fact, I have a lot of extremely large obstacles that I face every day that haven't stopped me yet.
Presumably an author wants to be read at least as much as a reader wants to read a random article. If they present their piece in an obnoxious format, why bother?
> Losing interest in something because of a pop-up that can be easily side-stepped causes you to miss the opportunity
If that was a single pop up on a single site, I would agree with you. However, it's the hundredth, or the thousandth just today. So, cumulatively they present a big obstacle, and a hundred/thousand-first such obstacle? It will just make the person close the website and never come back.
I read it in reader mode. The piece is beautifully written and deep. Though Im not exactly a stutterer myself I learned something new about myself here. Im surprised it didn’t get more attention on HN
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Also, I'm not a stutterer but I feel that stuttering seems like a neurological condition happening to a certain population of people. Neurological like within the nerves of the tongue maybe? This might be the reason why they find it hard to articulate words?
I also detest modals, ads, auto-playing anythings, etc. but when you can get past it simply by clicking the X provided in the modal I count that as more of a minor annoyance than a hard boundary which I refuse to cross.
It is true that I decided not to read the article, but I don't think that is indicative of a larger life pattern. In fact, I have a lot of extremely large obstacles that I face every day that haven't stopped me yet.
If that was a single pop up on a single site, I would agree with you. However, it's the hundredth, or the thousandth just today. So, cumulatively they present a big obstacle, and a hundred/thousand-first such obstacle? It will just make the person close the website and never come back.
I've long forgotten there was a popup modal.
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