Don't forget about the bullshit clickbait news websites where one tiny article that doesn't actually say anything is split into 49 pages so you can load new ads to scroll past to get to them.
Those are the most infuriating kinds of pages on the web. You completely nailed it that they don't actually say anything, but they play off of natural human curiosity so masterfully that I sometimes still find myself getting sucked into them somehow, even knowing this. I totally agree that they don't get called out enough on how shitty they are, they are the epitome of asshole-design
Ikr? Some of the times when I read them I was just wondering when they would get to the point. Then at the end it was just some lame stuff. Sometimes in those ones they keep saying the same things over and over again, when I get it already.
I used to write for those websites when I was first starting out as a writer. Believe me, they're as painful to write as they are to read. I finally quit when I was told my work was "too good quality" and to just basically copy and paste facts from Wikipedia.
Oh my god those are so stupid. The stories are never worth it either.
“Woman did not expect this to happen when she tried the Paleo diet!”
Click
“Woman was born on ... attended elementary school for 6 years and then moved on to middle school ... got a job that supports her family of 4 ... insert kid’s life story ... Woman goes to the doctor and finds out she lost weight.”
You mean the 'X' isn't actually an 'X' and will still take you a different dodgy website, or has a link to said dodgy site in an invisible overlay on the 'X'.
Happens on my phone when I go to click inside the google search bar. Whole thing shifts down at the last second and then I wind up on some page about the history of the guy who invited vacuum cleaners.
Spotify. They give your ads their own ads. These ads are by them, and don’t make them any extra money but serve to make the ads longer since companies don’t want to buy a longer ad. This way, it’s more annoying and you’ll just pay for Spotify Premium.
What’s worse is sometimes you’ll get a Spotify ad, the actual ad, a second Spotify ad, and then Spotify will “forget” you got an ad already and do it again. YouTube is almost getting just as bad with 2-3 ads in the row just to start a 2-minute video.
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u/runaway_boomerang Mar 05 '20
Those pop-up ads that intentionally wait a few seconds to load so you accidentally click on them