He nailed it.
But please increase the font size.
What Is a Dickover?
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#152I block a lot of these with ublock.
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most people don't care about this and they should, I have the google analytics import on my business endeavors, but why would I put it into a blog? Why subject both myself and my poor readers to yet another tentacle to suck our interaction into its googolplex of data. I hope all webdevs start caring more. On that same note, I hope all webdevs stop using substack, it's so trivial nowadays to make and style your own bl…
So, here on HN, some years back, when I said as much (about my blog having no analytics, etc.) I was asked why did I even blog? I've always thought of blogging as just writing a note, dropping it in a bottle and tossing it. No idea what happens to it once I post it.
I've always considered mine a 21st century Commonplace book/journal mashup. Write it/post it/move on...
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#155> Cookie permissions are unnecessary. Signing up for an email newsletter is unnecessary. They are necessary, as in: without them the creator perhaps wouldn’t be able to justify running the website. As long as users visit websites with poor ux and show no preference versus websites with good ux, there will reliably be websites with poor ux.
Running the website isn’t necessary. These people should try not running any websites for a bit. It was just fine when most websites were academic or hobby content, not businesses.
Hobby and academic sites without popups are still there. By quantity there’s likely more of them than ever.
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#156I'm sorry but this is such a stupid name. Where did the author get this name from? Why would I say that in front of any female colleage or any non-technical layman? We already have a name for this and it is a "popup". Which sounds better? "Remove this popup" or "Remove this dickover" Be honest.
I agree, but being mildly offensive is kind of the point: makes it more memorable, and clearly differentiated from “popup” which is too broad and has many valid uses in an interface. Dickovers never have a valid reason to exist.
see also: enshitification
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#157DO YOU CONSENT WITH OUR TRACKING COOKIES POLICY? [YES, I DO, THE IMPORTANT TRACKING ONES] [YES, I DO, ALL OF THEM] ⁿᵒ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶜˡᵒˢᵉ ᵈᶦᶜᵏᵒᵛᵉʳ
I, like most people, always just click whatever option is larger and easier to click (or closest to my cursor at the time). It never seems to matter to my experience which I pick. Sometimes it’s the “all” option, sometimes it’s the “none” option, etc.
I feel bad about doing this, because surely someone somewhere is doing analytics on click data and saying: “See! There is a lot of variation in responses to this cookie choice, people are really taking them seriously, we should keep them!”
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#158You can prevent the loading of most pop ups and many nag screens and cookie demands by simply having a browser configured with an "add-on" that allows you to toggle of and toggle on javascript. There are several add-ons available.
Alternatively, you have another browser with javascript permanently disabled and keep it minimized in the tray, or in the background.
A lot of websites that demand subscriptions, post nagscreens or use other blocks whereby the website can be read by simply toggling off javascript.
Javascript in websites has become what corporations use to manipulate & control us and do things like post nag screens & demand subscriptions.
When I run across websites that demand javascript before they will load I just shitcan them and eliminate them from viewing forever.
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Most people don't care about this and they should, I have the google analytics import on my business endeavors, but why would I put it into a blog? Why subject both myself and my poor readers to yet another tentacle to suck our interaction into its googolplex of data. I hope all webdevs start caring more. On that same note, I hope all webdevs stop using substack, it's so trivial nowadays to make and style your own bl…
I suspect two reasons. First, it's not easy to make your own blog - what are you thinking of here - self hosted wordpress, which will surely get hacked? If you use a service like WPEngine, that's no better than using substack.
Second, Google only surfaces the big platforms any more.
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t get one. Not sure if that’s a mobile safari or a blocker or what.
This is on Firefox/Linux, but I’ve also seen it on Chrome/Windows, and Safari/Mac.
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