Show HN: Sharingbuttons.io – Fast and easy social media sharing buttons

Re:Show HN: Sharingbuttons.io – Fast and easy social media s... by the_watcher on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @01:43PM (#12211640)

This is cynical, and arguably (probably) a net negative, but in nearly all cases, intrusive stuff like lightboxes, modals, and exit intent stuff works. It increases time on site, conversions, whatever metric you want to measure.

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Re:Show HN: Sharingbuttons.io – Fast and easy social media s... by losteric on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @02:35PM (#12212126)

This is the part I don't understand

> It increases time on site,

My interpretation is that they increases time-on-site by pushing away people that aren't committed enough to wade through bloatware... and I don't understand how that works in the long-run.

Is it more profitable to push away customers so you get high-quality data on the core customers, and increasingly targeted advertising? How does that work out in the long-run when you need to replace lost customers?

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