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?

  • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business
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    If this were a competent company, I’d say that they’re entirely aware of it and how fucking awful it is, but that there’s a mandate coming from somewhere that the page MUST include x, y and z and so they add x, y and z but usually try to at least make the site usable.

    This being Twitter, though, I’m sure it’s because a screaming man-child threw a sink at someone and told them to do it or they’ll be fired and so they did it in the most half-assed obnoxious way they could manage.

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      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 remembers1 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.

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        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

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          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.