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Ah, #blogging, that ancient art of stating the glaringly #obvious as if one has discovered the Holy Grail 🏆. Thank goodness for bloggers who bravely inform us that pop-ups are annoying! Next, they’ll reveal that water is wet, and the sky is blue 🌧️🌌.
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/blogging-stating-the-obvious/ #popups #annoying #truths #humor #HackerNews #ngated
Blogging Can Just Be Stating The Obvious

Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

Jun 25 at 12:37amHacker News n-gate
Show threadKamran Khan3d ago
@ngate My takeaway after a lot of testing: most plugins block the obvious bots, but very few give clear visibility into what's actually being blocked. The reporting ended up mattering more than the blocking itself...