Please Stop the Madness
The past few months I've been seeing a trend in websites. And that trend is to display a popup (or two) asking users to become a member, take a survey, like them on facebook, twitter, etc.
It's happening on so many websites that it almost seems like a conspiracy. Are you web developers doing this on purpose? Is there some kind of group think going on that we need to be aware of? And lastly, can you please stop the madness? So paywalls are a thing, if you're referring to news sites Also Quora has been doing the "if you want to read please become a member" thing for a long time, and it's kind of their perogative, they're also looking to foster (or require) interaction with their site on a deeper level than say, yahoo answers. Survey buttons really shouldn't Modals/popups to beg for social media kudos are kinda distasteful... not many places I surf do that, then again, I surf a relatively small part of the internet... Yeah, in the end I guess I say all this to say, you might be overreacting a little No, I am not overreacting, you are merely part of the conspiracy. I bet you are a web developer. :o) Hahaha, I actually just recently started "focusing" on web dev, because of the almost instant gratification haha I've been found out. I think it is because people aren't aware of the dynamic as described by Seth Godin : http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/06/the-thermost...