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Re: Show HN: Egg Gradients – Gradient color inspirations

#42

Post by serhadiletir »

ktpsns wrote: post #36
raymondgh wrote: post #13

The webflow ads have piqued my interest. A lot of nice little projects are shown on Show HN but I don't know if I've ever seen any to feature any sort of sponsorship right off the bat. Pretty clever to throw that in there. Do you have any lessons learned to share about the process behind it? (If it came from an easy personal connection just to show proof of concept, that's cool too!)

Actually, I don't like it when advertising is mixed into/entangled with content. At the first glance, from the authors perspective, it sounds tricky because it is unobstructive and discrete, this kind of ad people might not want to block. As a user, I feel manipulated. I don't trust the content any more which is not properly limited from the ads. My point is not even about adblockers or ads in general, it is just tha…

Thanks for the comment. I will design egg-ads more clearly. So we will try to solve this problem.

Re: Show HN: Egg Gradients – Gradient color inspirations

#43

Post by serhadiletir »

QuelqueChose wrote: post #40
csallen wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I also like the ads, nice job. Some tips: You should increase the surface area of your tags in the ads. Ideally they would cover the whole card and the egg, too. Also, consider adding a hover effect and a "pointer" cursor. I was trying to click your ads and I couldn't figure out how to!

Agreed that I was very confused in not seeing a pointer cursor on hovering _anywhere_ on the Ad card... any way this could have been made as a conscious decision to minimize the whole impression of the page being too invasive with its ads?

I added hover over shadow animation and working on adding External Link fon icon from fontawesome.com https://fontawesome.com/icons/external-link-alt?style=solid

Thanks for the feedback.

Re: Show HN: Egg Gradients – Gradient color inspirations

#44

Post by marcusjt »

serhadiletir wrote: post #42
ktpsns wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, I don't like it when advertising is mixed into/entangled with content. At the first glance, from the authors perspective, it sounds tricky because it is unobstructive and discrete, this kind of ad people might not want to block. As a user, I feel manipulated. I don't trust the content any more which is not properly limited from the ads. My point is not even about adblockers or ads in general, it is just tha…

Thanks for the comment. I will design egg-ads more clearly. So we will try to solve this problem.

Also you've missed the changing the cursor (CSS) when you hover over the link.

Re: Show HN: Egg Gradients – Gradient color inspirations

#45

Post by tomgp »

ktpsns wrote: post #36
raymondgh wrote: post #13

The webflow ads have piqued my interest. A lot of nice little projects are shown on Show HN but I don't know if I've ever seen any to feature any sort of sponsorship right off the bat. Pretty clever to throw that in there. Do you have any lessons learned to share about the process behind it? (If it came from an easy personal connection just to show proof of concept, that's cool too!)

Actually, I don't like it when advertising is mixed into/entangled with content. At the first glance, from the authors perspective, it sounds tricky because it is unobstructive and discrete, this kind of ad people might not want to block. As a user, I feel manipulated. I don't trust the content any more which is not properly limited from the ads. My point is not even about adblockers or ads in general, it is just tha…

I think I get where you're coming from but

1. not sure what trust is required of you for content which is a gradient in the shape of an egg.

2. would you be more comfortable with ads that hid their intention to 'manipulate' you?

3. the word manipulate is pretty loaded, really they're pretty straightforward about trying to sell you something

Re: Show HN: Egg Gradients – Gradient color inspirations

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Post by LitFan »

ktpsns wrote: post #36
raymondgh wrote: post #13

The webflow ads have piqued my interest. A lot of nice little projects are shown on Show HN but I don't know if I've ever seen any to feature any sort of sponsorship right off the bat. Pretty clever to throw that in there. Do you have any lessons learned to share about the process behind it? (If it came from an easy personal connection just to show proof of concept, that's cool too!)

Actually, I don't like it when advertising is mixed into/entangled with content. At the first glance, from the authors perspective, it sounds tricky because it is unobstructive and discrete, this kind of ad people might not want to block. As a user, I feel manipulated. I don't trust the content any more which is not properly limited from the ads. My point is not even about adblockers or ads in general, it is just tha…

Is this opinion only for web advertising?

Extending this to integrated advertising in movies - I'd rather see a character driving a Ford truck or drinking a can of coke than see an extra 15-30 seconds at the start of the movie watching an ad.

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