smokey
smokey

Ahem, FastCompany, you’re doing it wrong

Screenshot of the FastCompany website above the fold on iOS, showing nothing but banners and ads.

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oroboros
oroboros

@smokey YOU WILL TAKED A COOKIE AND SAY THANK YOU NA-NA

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smokey
smokey

@oroboros And sign up for our newsletter, oh, and view two ads. And after all of that, maybe you will see some content of our article.

I have never seen a site before where you couldn’t at least see part of the headline above the fold!

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smokey
smokey

@AlanRalph I wonder that, too. It also would not surprise me if the final form were the result of a bunch of decisions made by separate groups (Engagement: “We need a newsletter sign-up!” Legal: “We need a cookie consent banner!” Finance: “Ads, ads, ads! We’ve got bills to pay!”) with no-one seeing the whole picture…

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