Is surfing the web on a cell phone becoming an impossibility?

[scho63]

I spend time when out at a bar or on my porch smoking a cigar or waiting at a doctor's office surfing the web on my cell.

In the last 4-5 months it seems I can't even visit a single site or read one ****ing story that doesn't have a thousand pop ups for cookies, for contacting them via chat, for subscribing, for a coupon, ad after ad after ad either blocking the screen or story and intertwined between every God damn paragraph.

It's gotten to the point I don't even want to do anything on my phone except visit a couple of sites that I know aren't all ****ed up.

And the worst is Facebook. 1 million stories and ads to scroll through to find one post from someone you know. June 1st I am deactivating my FB account and will only check in once every six months to say hello to cousins and distant friends.

What the hell has happened to the internet???

[Rain Man]

If I could go back in time and kill one person, Hitler would be safe because I would target the person who invented those stupid pop-ups that show up on every site now.

Seriously, does anyone EVER say, "Wow, that thing that interrupted what I was doing is really interesting. I think I'll sign up for that newsletter that it's touting."? I feel like most web sites annoy 99,999 people just so the 100,000th person who has dementia will accidentally follow the popup link. A popup could be giving away large amounts of money and I'll still not click it out of pure principle.

[KCUnited]

Our neighborhood Facebook group is good for some lulz while taking a shit in the mornings.

Mostly "think of the children!" Karen bullshit, but it can be good for recommendations for local services and tips, especially being new to the area. I just found someone to watch our pets there this morning so it does have some uses.

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

People still use Facebook?

I mean, where else am I supposed to put pictures of my kiddos for family to see?

[loochy]

use a pop up blocker or ad blocker.


what browser are you using? Dolphin works fantastically for me.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by scho63

Ironically the porn sites have the LEAST amount of shit and no pop ups.

I have an LG K92 5G. It's fast and nice screen size.

There's porn on my phone?

[Eureka]

Originally Posted by scho63

Ironically the porn sites have the LEAST amount of shit and no pop ups.

I have an LG K92 5G. It's fast and nice screen size.

My apple phone doesn't have this issue.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

There's porn on my phone?

It's on an app that comes with all new phones now.

[ReynardMuldrake]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

If I could go back in time and kill one person, Hitler would be safe because I would target the person who invented those stupid pop-ups that show up on every site now.

Seriously, does anyone EVER say, "Wow, that thing that interrupted what I was doing is really interesting. I think I'll sign up for that newsletter that it's touting."? I feel like most web sites annoy 99,999 people just so the 100,000th person who has dementia will accidentally follow the popup link. A popup could be giving away large amounts of money and I'll still not click it out of pure principle.

The Man Who Invented Pop-Up Ads Says 'I'm Sorry'

Ethan Zuckerman, the man who invented pop-up ads, has apologised to the world in a lengthy explanation of his original intentions.

Writing for The Atlantic, Zuckerman explains that he had unintentionally created one of the most hated forms of advertising on the web.

In the late 90s Zuckerman worked for Tripod.com, a website that marketed content and services to graduates. Tripod later changed business model after the initial concept failed to catch on, becoming a webpage-hosting provider and “proto-social network” instead.

Tripod tried a number of revenue streams to keep the business going including; selling merchandise, a subscription service and even a paid-for magazine. But what really worked was advertising, and this is where it all began.

As Zuckerman explains in his essay: “At the end of the day, the business model that got us funded was advertising. The model that got us acquired was analyzing users’ personal homepages so we could better target ads to them. Along the way, we ended up creating one of the most hated tools in the advertiser’s toolkit: the pop-up ad.

“It was a way to associate an ad with a user’s page without putting it directly on the page, which advertisers worried would imply an association between their brand and the page’s content."

"Specifically, we came up with it when a major car company freaked out that they’d bought a banner ad on a page that celebrated anal sex. I wrote the code to launch the window and run an ad in it. I’m sorry. Our intentions were good.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgr...says-im-sorry/

[Rain Man]

I hate Ethan Zuckerman more than I hate terrorists.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

Our neighborhood Facebook group is good for some lulz while taking a shit in the mornings.

Mostly "think of the children!" Karen bullshit, but it can be good for recommendations for local services and tips, especially being new to the area. I just found someone to watch our pets there this morning so it does have some uses.

I tried NextDoor for a bit and damn, just a bunch of gossipy bullshit, Karens, shouting at clouds, "did anyone hear that bang/see that flash of light"...

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I tried NextDoor for a bit and damn, just a bunch of gossipy bullshit, Karens, shouting at clouds, "did anyone hear that bang/see that flash of light"...

My favorites are the out of nowhere headscrather requests like "Does anyone have a wetsuit my husband could borrow for the weekend? He's a bigger guy but not super huge if that helps. I can return it first thing on Monday"

*click on profile and see that husband is indeed super huge

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I tried NextDoor for a bit and damn, just a bunch of gossipy bullshit, Karens, shouting at clouds, "did anyone hear that bang/see that flash of light"...

I got removed from our neighborhood Facebook page for telling a Karen to shut the **** up when she posted how the kids screaming as they were fishing around the lake was causing her dog to bark.

[Spott]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I tried NextDoor for a bit and damn, just a bunch of gossipy bullshit, Karens, shouting at clouds, "did anyone hear that bang/see that flash of light"...

I tried that site once thinking it might be a good place to see if there were neighborhood events or useful local info on there, and it was exactly this. That place will really make you lose faith in humanity.

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by scho63

I spend time when out at a bar or on my porch smoking a cigar or waiting at a doctor's office surfing the web on my cell.

In the last 4-5 months it seems I can't even visit a single site or read one ****ing story that doesn't have a thousand pop ups for cookies, for contacting them via chat, for subscribing, for a coupon, ad after ad after ad either blocking the screen or story and intertwined between every God damn paragraph.

It's gotten to the point I don't even want to do anything on my phone except visit a couple of sites that I know aren't all ****ed up.

And the worst is Facebook. 1 million stories and ads to scroll through to find one post from someone you know. June 1st I am deactivating my FB account and will only check in once every six months to say hello to cousins and distant friends.

What the hell has happened to the internet???

Hey man... whatever your politics are, Facebook is the absolute worst place for you. Get completely off social media and watch your hatred for humanity decrease by about 900% in a week.

[Kiimo]

I had to get off NextDoor I was walking around my neighborhood recognizing some of the ****s screaming about how people made splashing noises in the community pool in front of their house.

Nothing has made me hate humanity more than NextDoor, not even youtube comments.