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Re:Liberapay is in trouble by nottorp on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @07:16AM (#17548824)
Dear Medium,

Can you stop pressuring me to register when I open a link to you? I closed the tab without reading the article, and soon you'll piss me off enough that i'll remember to not open medium links...

Re:Liberapay is in trouble by m-p-3 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:53AM (#17549727)
Report those on the In-Page Popup Reporter https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://...
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by snthd on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:24AM (#17550317)
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by Arkanosis on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:23AM (#17549536)
I've installed this Firefox addon last week: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/make-medium-r... . I highly recommend it.

Thanks for having reminded me how awful was the medium experience before; I hadn't even noticed I was on this site.

Re:Liberapay is in trouble by nottorp on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:38AM (#17549623)
IMO you're doing it wrong. If they don't want you as a reader, why use a workaround?
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by Arkanosis on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:12AM (#17550217)
For the same reason I use an ad blocker. I don't care if they don't want me as a reader. What matters is that I want to read that content.
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by jameskegel on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:02AM (#17550135)
They want me as a reader but they also want money. Since I don’t browse news articles with a fist full of e-credits this is the best choice of their options. NYT absolutely will not let you read without paying, I suppose you’d prefer that.
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by jbrooksuk on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @10:38AM (#17549993)
Because the content is still decent.
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by nine_k on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @08:30AM (#17549190)
Firefox and Safari have "reading mode" which helps when you really need to read that article.
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:24AM (#17549544)
Reader view: for when a website's design is worse than using none at all.
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by effingwewt on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:50PM (#17551095)
Medium is as bad as reddit to me, with medium's open in app sticky float and constant sign up pop-ups. Reddit has their extremely deceptive open in app pop-up that also asks you to stay (meaning LEAVING the page and going to their app on the play store for installation) or to leave (meaning to stay on the page). I use reader mode on ff as it lets me read the information without the distraction of anger.
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by anc84 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:15AM (#17549479)
Pardon the interruption.
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by CaptSpify on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @10:51AM (#17550067)
I'd recommend blocking all javascript by default. Medium is perfectly readable that way. Most sites are even more readable that way.
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by fwdpropaganda on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @10:58AM (#17550116)
I second this, and I'll add that uMatrix allows you to block JS by default while giving you the versatility to manually whitelist domains.
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by amelius on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:08AM (#17550188)
Medium = YouTube for textual content.

What do you expect?

Re:Liberapay is in trouble by paulie_a on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:22AM (#17550309)
I disagree. Medium lost its luster a while ago. Personally I don't even bother with medium links anymore. It's usually low quality content in a format that makes it difficult to even consume.
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by jtbayly on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:21AM (#17549518)
Dear nottorp,

Can you please fight this battle elsewhere and keep your comments on topic? I know it’s irritating. I agree. Just not the right place in my opinion. I came here looking for comments on the article.

Thanks,

Re:Liberapay is in trouble by nottorp on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:37AM (#17549617)
Where? On Medium? I don't read the site unless it's linked to on HN...
Re:Liberapay is in trouble by orcdork on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:29AM (#17549574)
Branching conversations? In my internet discussion board?

I agree with you but there's other ways to do this than yet another unrelated comment.