Ana Rodrigues (moved!)
scy"Create your account to continue reading."
yeah how about i just close the tab instead
@thilo Valid point, the website in question was Bloomberg though, they can die in a fire ;)
Scien
Brooke
Alan Miller 
🇺🇦@thilo @scy the problem I have with how @404mediaco does it is that they want you to enter your email, after which they email you a link to click to view the article. WTF? Do none of them use an app for Fediverse browsing?
Adding 2 app switches and an email delay has let me avoid the problem, but I'm not convinced that "I don't bother clicking" is what they were going for.
🇺🇦PhotoSniperFox🇺🇦
ChancerubbageHere’s an idea. Ask us this at the end of the article instead of when we are attempting to read the article. Don’t make it a content blocking pop up. Make it the closing tag for the article. Give that sign up account privileges to discuss on the site. Make that a cookie sign in so one will not need to sign in.
If you must turn that email address into a newsletter, make it a weekly digest, not unwanted daily cruft
Allow throwaway addresses so we can track if you are reselling
@Chancerubbage You didn't read the article @thilo was linking to, did you? Because your suggestion is not gonna help.
I read it to the point where the pop up blocked the content, then reflexively closed the tab.
I got the gist of their reasoning. Did it change later in the article?
‘Attempted reader’ fatigue HAS to be taken into account.
If metrics showed how quickly a tab is closed after a pop-up blocker, they should realize this.
Lauren Weinstein@scy Worst when they gradually gray out the text of the item as if you're going blind.
Peter Ludemann
Stephan@PeterLudemann @lauren @scy doesn't work in general, if their web devs worked properly, they only put part of the text into the the HTML, not the full article.
Phil Thane ✅@scy Works for me. Every time.
DocHolliday@scy pretty much my philosophy, or, “please disable your ad blocker to support us.”
Uh, no. That’s why I have an ad blocker.
@WmShakesp3are @scy Me: I don't have an ad blocker, website, I'm just using Firefox
Matt Palmer@WmShakesp3are @scy I'll gladly disable my ad blocker as soon as the site agrees to pay me $1,000 for every time their ad network delivers malware or other harmful content. I'm not expecting many takers.
CaseyLYup. I close the tab, or "continue without supporting" as long as I can.
Analogous to hanging out at the newsstand, reading the magazines and putting them back.
Used to be, you could also go to a library and read magazines and newspapers. UW Suzzallo Library was a treasure trove: it seemed like they had every publication in the country, if not the world. Going back *decades*.
But then we decided to starve public spaces so billionaires could get tax cuts.
Toran Shaw@scy yep, pretty much the same for me too.
netbat 🮲🮳Emma (@[email protected])
The router knew that the packet's time to live had reached Zero. 🔥 💯
Mirco Blitz@scy every time
metalfabs@scy or check if it's on archive.ph if it's worth the effort.
66gardeners@scy
If it is something important to me, I search key names in the story to find another news source I can read.
If it is something important to me, I search key names in the story to find another news source I can read.
Wandering Star@scy They really think we have time to manage three dozen accounts with unique passwords.
Alison Wilder@scy yeah mm kay bye
Spitfire@scy "please turn off your adblocker" - ahahaha, NOOO! :D
Echo 🦊
KrazyKat
Asta McCarthy@scy Or add '1ft.io/' at the beginning of the url.
or copy the link and visit archive.is 
Asakiyume@scy
EVERY SINGLE TIME
EVERY SINGLE TIME
JM Horner@scy I see a market for a browser plugin that detects the words
"Create your account to continue reading."
and automatically closes the tab. 
cognitively accessible math@scy Yup!!! I smile and think "saved from that rabbit hole!" and enter into their data that I was outta there.
Liam Hughes@scy I'd rather not know than sign up. Besides, there's bound to be another source.
Skye 
ZeStig 
Came here to tell this. It doesn't work on some sites.
Andy Herd@scy so I do this. But a thing that really bugs me about it is that so many places have been forced to implement this to avoid the AI-powered hype train plagiarising their hard work. So AI is putting two nails in journalism’s coffin simultaneously.
Heals 
@scy @neckspike I read a blog post about a philosophy called 'tab closed, didn't read' that I've been sticking to ever since. Basically if you get a subscription prompt or even an unsolicited prompt for a newsletter the tab gets closed and not read because its not worth you time.
Mr. Bruno 
@scy Or "Click here to disable your ad blocker" 🤣🤪
David W. Jones
-bitMAN-@scy even better: use Read Mode and voila!
Graham Perrin@el_bitman a smart suggestion, but not entirely effective.
@el_bitman Reader View (in Firefox) does not necessarily allow content to be read without an account.
starkraving666@scy how about I write my own article instead!
TrickTim
Diana Larsen@scy Every. Time.
liyah@scy ublock -> disable javascript is literally my bestie and if it doesnt work then i close the tab
Flatbush Gardener 🌈@scy
... and add to my site block list.
... and add to my site block list.
This is Hell
SublimeOverload@scy I have also become simply too exhausted to make that effort.
relogi@scy
awesome... wanted to boost, but 666 is just too good
awesome... wanted to boost, but 666 is just too good
derptron@scy Sometimes if you go into read mode the blocker doesn't work.
Joseph Dickson@scy please disable the ad blocker to continue.
Narrator: "Joe doesn't use an ad blocker installed."
Zan@scy CTRL+ALT+R on Linux and FireFox. (Toggle Reader Viewer).
Bypasses the paywalls too in some cases c:
Laced Salmon Enjoyer@scy Why yes I will create a account that will waste space on some server and will only use of this every specific purpose and never use again.
Ultra Verified 🇺🇦 🇬🇱When I get that message I usually block the source
Dj PorCus - Will@scy hooo yeah that happened many times recently :)
Ted@scy there is this handy button on almost all news and article pages on Firefox and Brave. It removes all the clutter on the page and just leaves the clean html and images.
Stekke