was just on the Associated Press website reading a news story.

1. Popup asking for donation.
2. Ad overlayed on top of the popup asking for donation.
3. After dismissing both, video in the corner overlaid on the text I’m trying to read.

It’s like no one cares about the user experience.

@carnage4life how many ads are there between paragraphs?

(Every best practice has been burned to the ground)

@carnage4life just tried to open an article on Firefox mobile (incognito mode), there is a banner on top but it's not so bad. Maybe they tweak the behavior depending on browser etc?

@carnage4life the only thing it’s missing is an exit-intent pop-up.

I hope they’ll discover that people are more willing to donate when they actually get the value of their content. But, all this slop seems to suggest the opposite.

@carnage4life definitely having some deja vu these days
@carnage4life It wouldn't be as annoying if AP was actually an independent non profit .
@carnage4life Same here. My question is, AP and Reuters have been in existence for years. How have they been funded until now? I'm all about supporting independent journalism but I certainly can't support EVERY independent journalist. What's changed that they're asking for money now?
@carnage4life & they wonder why we run ad blockers.
@carnage4life not to mention the 7+ advertising cookies

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@carnage4life my favorite is once you’ve actually gotten to the column you came there to read, a new ad loads and shift all the text up/down a paragraph.
@carnage4life omg, my local paper (Not Small) has a website unreadable on the phone -- ads, and you're constantly being jumped up or down an arbitrary amount of the page... do they want *fewer* readers???
@carnage4life If you've never heard of Ed Zitron then DO I HAVE SOME HOLIDAY READING FOR YOU