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Re:Why I Turned Down $5 Million in VC Funding by ivankirigin on Thursday November 21, 2013 @01:20PM (#6776355)
Love it or hate it, I bet it drives a lot of subscriptions. This is the service they use, btw

http://bounceexchange.com/

Re:Why I Turned Down $5 Million in VC Funding by resu_nimda on Thursday November 21, 2013 @02:23PM (#6776770)
Holy wow, that is one of the most obnoxious sites I've ever seen (and like others, I felt the same about the ad on the blog).

Leveraging our exclusive "Exit-Intent" technology, Bounce Exchange™ is leading the paradigm shift in automated customer acquisition.

I think they actually used one of those parody startup-speak generators.

Re:Why I Turned Down $5 Million in VC Funding by GrinningFool on Thursday November 21, 2013 @03:30PM (#6777257)
Holy crap. That is obnoxious.

Frankly, can't believe they managed to patent detecting and responding when the pointer drifts to the top of a web page.

Well, joke's on them. My tabs are off to the side, and I use keyboard to close the window anyway ;)

Re:Why I Turned Down $5 Million in VC Funding by brebory on Thursday November 21, 2013 @08:55PM (#6778790)
Next thing you know, they'll start intercepting Command-W's.
Re:Why I Turned Down $5 Million in VC Funding by raverbashing on Thursday November 21, 2013 @01:31PM (#6776430)
Makes sense, it drives the bounce rate up.
Re:Why I Turned Down $5 Million in VC Funding by purringmeow on Thursday November 21, 2013 @02:33PM (#6776842)
ahahah, good one! I too hate popups, but I didn't see anything on the website, because adblock.