Em 5d ago

Please stop with the floating elements on websites. They're hiding your content, and make me want to leave!

No, I don't want to "swipe to the next article" if there's also gonna be a giant floating arrow hiding the text and make me want to stop reading the one I'm painfully trying to read right now.

No, I don't want to "donate" if I can't even fully read what your organization is about because of all those buttons floating over your content.

The goal is to show your content! Why hiding it with a bajillion arrows, buttons, and popups? And please test your website for small mobile display. Your floating elements are ENORMOUS there 😭

#WebDesign

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE5d ago
@Em0nM4stodon No, their goal is not to show their content. They don't give a shit whether you read their content or not. Their goal is to make money, by whatever means.
Show threadEm 5d ago
@TimWardCam Agreed, although I don't think this is serving their goal of making money either, which usually requires at minimum people stay on the website and share links to it.
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
@Em0nM4stodon If competently done (which I agree is a bit of an "if") they'll have numbers which support the way they're doing it.
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Show threadCassandrich5d ago
@TimWardCam @Em0nM4stodon At best the numbers will reflect wrong proxies for short-term profit/exits and ignore everything relevant to running a healthy profitable business.