Re:Ask HN: Why is the back button becoming more and more use...
by Trouble_007 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @09:17AM
(#32044448)
Three emotions to manipulate; Fear of missing-out, Time-spent Anxiety, and Anger.
The evil marketing side of me says, bring up a dialog-box;
"your time is important to us,
would you like to view a 15-sec sponsor-commercial and return to your-position on the previous page Yes/No"
'Yes' runs the Spot and returns to the exact position on the previous page.
'No' either just removes the dialog-box, and/or takes you to the top of the current-page,
or takes you to a random-page very loosely related to the subject of the previous page.
The evil marketing side of me says, bring up a dialog-box;
P.S. Please don't Kill ME!