Ask HN: Do you not submit things because page is festooned w pop-ups/ads/etc.?

2 bookofjoe 2 8/9/2025, 3:43:45 PM

That's been my practice for a while now. No matter how compelling/original/interesting/useful the content, if it's a visual headache I pass.

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k310 · 1h ago

I think that most of us use ad-blockers.

I occasionally have to turn off javascript for the page for un-dismissable nags, and I use readability features all the time thanks to narrow columns and tiny, "gray on light gray background" type.

And worse, when a site asks "Type your email address", and I type "your email address" as it demands, it fails. (JK)

bookofjoe · 1h ago

See, being a TechnoDolt I have no such recourse as you: no ad-blockers/turning off javascript/readability features/VPN etc. I'm condemned to absorbing a barrage of junk every day as a result.

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Ask HN: Do you not submit things because page is festooned w pop-ups/ads/etc.?

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