Stop the Slow Lane • Hacker News Board

Re: Stop the Slow Lane

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Post by bfeld » Mon, May 12, 2014, 5:02 PM UTC

nkozyra wrote: post #8

For some reason this seems to be the go-to "show 'em" methodology. I think people, in general, understand what slower means. I mean this is cute but I think this might be the fourth or fifth implementation I've seen and they all have better likelihood of just annoying someone instead of educating them. I realize a standardized alert message delivered via JS doesn't have the same "share-able" impact, but it's probably…

We are considering an option that blurs out the page instead. Also - we'll add more context to the page.

Re: Stop the Slow Lane

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Post by bfeld » Mon, May 12, 2014, 5:02 PM UTC

cr3ative wrote: post #3

I'm not 100% sure that annoying your visitors is the best way to either retain said visitors OR warm them to your cause.

We are going to add more context to the splash page.

Re: Stop the Slow Lane

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Post by natzim » Mon, May 12, 2014, 5:05 PM UTC

It would be nice if the user were able to disable it once they got the message.

Re: Stop the Slow Lane

#14

Post by CodeMage » Mon, May 12, 2014, 5:08 PM UTC

Condescension is not exactly the best way to win people over to your cause.

Re: Stop the Slow Lane

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Post by rubbingalcohol » Mon, May 12, 2014, 5:11 PM UTC

natzim wrote: post #13

It would be nice if the user were able to disable it once they got the message.

It will only show up once per user, unless you throw in a URL parameter for it to always show up.

Re: Stop the Slow Lane

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Post by Istof » Mon, May 12, 2014, 5:13 PM UTC

Do they define the "slow lane" as the speed you are paying for and the "fast lane" as some "free" bandwidth (paid by companies)?

Re: Stop the Slow Lane

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Post by swswsw » Mon, May 12, 2014, 5:14 PM UTC

perhaps it should be a button on the website, like "experience the site with FCC's Slow Lane".

That way, they can see what the site is like and if they choose to press the button, they can see what it is like to be on the slow lane. Otherwise, the first time visitor may not give the site a chance at all.

Re: Stop the Slow Lane

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Post by area51org » Mon, May 12, 2014, 5:14 PM UTC

CodeMage wrote: post #14

Condescension is not exactly the best way to win people over to your cause.

I don't think this is condescension. It's more like a demonstration for the policy makers.

Re: Stop the Slow Lane

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Post by nkozyra » Mon, May 12, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

bfeld wrote: post #11

nkozyra wrote: post #8

For some reason this seems to be the go-to "show 'em" methodology. I think people, in general, understand what slower means. I mean this is cute but I think this might be the fourth or fifth implementation I've seen and they all have better likelihood of just annoying someone instead of educating them. I realize a standardized alert message delivered via JS doesn't have the same "share-able" impact, but it's probably…

We are considering an option that blurs out the page instead. Also - we'll add more context to the page.

I think you may have missed my point there.

Re: Stop the Slow Lane

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Post by holmesworcester » Mon, May 12, 2014, 5:18 PM UTC

CodeMage wrote: post #14

Condescension is not exactly the best way to win people over to your cause.

can you tell us more about why it feels condescending?