return2ozma@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoThe New Hampshire Democratic Primary ballotlemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down12
arrow-up158arrow-down1imageThe New Hampshire Democratic Primary ballotlemmy.worldreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareEmergMemeHologram@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-25 months ago Holy fuck, ad block is required With adblock in Firefox I can read the whole article without the stupid “read more” gate and the obscenely bad ads.
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-25 months agoAnd then I have my ad blocker on mobile and it splashes a banner preventing me from interacting with the site. What a garbage site. Edit: Switching to desktop view brings up the “I promise to let the corporation fuck me next time” button.
minus-square1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoserious question, what even is the point of making the user click “read more” to view the (presumably fully-loaded) page?
minus-squareEmergMemeHologram@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoGives better analytics of how far people read they probably combine it with a N free articles mechanic.
minus-squarexor@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoIt (theoretically) lets them have an idea how many people actually read the article, as opposed to just opening the page
Holy fuck, ad block is required
With adblock in Firefox I can read the whole article without the stupid “read more” gate and the obscenely bad ads.
And then I have my ad blocker on mobile and it splashes a banner preventing me from interacting with the site.
What a garbage site.
Edit: Switching to desktop view brings up the “I promise to let the corporation fuck me next time” button.
serious question, what even is the point of making the user click “read more” to view the (presumably fully-loaded) page?
Gives better analytics of how far people read they probably combine it with a N free articles mechanic.
It (theoretically) lets them have an idea how many people actually read the article, as opposed to just opening the page