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Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by jaapz on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @04:11AM (#49445549)
> It's quite inconsistent though which is really frustrating. I can look at the imgur homepage feed, but if I go into a specific post and accidentally click anywhere it throws a modal up that can't be dismissed.

That's not inconsistent, that's a deliberate dark pattern that every social media site uses. Let them see the first page, then when they want to engage: force creating an account.

When you just put a "log in to see this page" up front, people will bounce. When you have them engaged a little bit, chances are they are already invested enough to create an account.

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Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by tjoff on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @11:34AM (#49450948)
Exactly, and it also proves that it is not about limiting bot access.
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Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by swat535 on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @12:23PM (#49451744)
> every social media site uses

It's not only social media anymore, many mainstream websites have started doing it.

For example on IMDB, you used to be able to read the comments, now they locked them behind a signup box.. it's only a matter of time until they lock the whole site down.

I wish we had the old internet, with simple html forms, texts and pictures.

The peek was really Web 2.0 design, it introduced just enough styles and interactivity to get rid of TABLES but no more than that.

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Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by yubblegum on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @03:52PM (#49454871)
The imdb move was truly stupid of Amazon, imo. I use to go there all the time for movie info but now its wikipedia and other alternatives and don't even bother with imdb.
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Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by ehnto on Thursday August 27, 2026 @04:33AM (#49461637)
That's not quite what I meant sorry, I meant Reddit handles it differently to Imgur (one blocks the homepage and one blocks deeper links but not thr homepage. I agree with what you're saying though
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