Comment on An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon (for when someone says it's too complicated to catch on)

• li10@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s not a pop up ad, it’s a little pop up on the page asking to subscribe to a mailing list, I see them on most sites that host articles.

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  • Izzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No pop-ups are acceptable. It doesn’t matter how small the pop-up is.

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    • li10@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No pop-ups are acceptable to you.

      If a site makes good content and doesn’t drown the actual article with ads then I’m not gonna begrudge a small mailing list pop-up, but each to their own.

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      • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Honestly I’d personally prefer a mailing list form at the bottom of the page, but I get why they do it so I’m kind of okay with it.

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  • tim-clark@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So ads for their mail list and more data to be sold later. Size doesn't matter when it comes to ads and nefarious content.

    It's just a little pop up...

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    • li10@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Or, just a small site trying to make good content and engage users in a way that means they’ll return.

      “BuT If I lIkE tHE CoNteNt I’lL CoMe BaCk AnYWay”, and some people would prefer a mailing list. There’s nothing inherently evil about a mailing list pop up…

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      • tim-clark@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        So you want more spam ads in your email that is already overloaded with spam. No thanks, no social media site needs to send me email.

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      • zloubida@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You can make and propose a mailing list without a pop up…

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