Zan Cerne
@vishnuharidas I've read your post about websites and random signup popups and I really enjoyed it.
Aug 2, 2023 at 11:07amWeb
Show threadVishnu HaridasAug 2, 2023

@zan hey thanks for the comment and glad that you liked it. The term I came up with is "ransom sign-up" - where demanding a ransom in the form of a sign-up (The URL of the post had a typo "randsom").

Posting the link here for others to reach: https://iamvishnu.com/posts/randsom-signup

Dear Websites, Stop Asking for "Ransom" Sign-Ups. — Vishnu's Pages

It’s a dark pattern found in many websites to make its visitors enter some data, and when submitting, it asks to sign up or sign in to see the results. If th...