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I just wanted to take a moment to enjoy how clean the web can be (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I happened to click a link that took me to the associated ~~twitter~~ X account for something I was interested in and was greeted by not one, not two, but four modern day web popups.

I know it's nothing new. I've got a couple of firefox plugins that are usually quite good at hiding this sort of nonsense, but I guess they failed me today (or, I shudder to think, there were even more that were blocked, and this is what got through)

What's the worst new/not-signed-in user experience you've encountered recently?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Common language used to dismiss bad decisions like this:

We need to track and meet our metrics for the quarter
Engagement for $FEATURE is down, so we have to take measures to get people to take notice
It's opt-in/opt-out, so it's the right thing to do
It's only a one time thing and then the system remembers^1^ what the user selected
Only new users are affected - our power users will put up with it
It's just a minor inconvenience, really
It's just a website

1 - Oh, did you turn off cookies or clear your cache? Sorry about that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure you just triggered every developer and/or person who had to sit through a product meeting.

Though you missed the last bullet point: Our user surveys showed that people would actually prefer these changes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure you just triggered every developer and/or person who had to sit through a product meeting.

NGL, I was feeling very uncomfortable myself by the end of typing said list. Is it hot in here? I need to lie down.