@lmorchard this is the thing. Even sites I really actually want to read have become unreadable. Even in some cases sites I _pay for_ are trending toward unreadability.

I really wish there were a service to deliver primal screams to the folks who direct the construction of these things on websites. Not the web developers, mind you, the directors.

@lmorchard "How to fix the Internet" → close the tab

seems like part of the fix for our modern Internet right there

But honestly yeah. I'm getting shades of 2006 or so. You know, before pop-up blockers became basically universal?

@lmorchard Sounds like it was an interactive art piece and you found the answer you were seeking.

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With every passing week I find myself backing out of more and more 'info' articles because the ads are burying the text. My tolerance sounds like it's as low as yours. Good grief.

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it's a subtle way to pitch it but i'd agree that popup/ad blockers is a good step towards fixing the internet. ;)

@lmorchard You make me feel a bit guilty for boosting that toot too

@lmorchard Read it in lynx.

@lmorchard The medium is the... oh, never mind.

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I solved a lot of that crap by installing AdBlock Pro and using Safari. I get snotty messages from websites who object, but it works 90% of the time.

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Closing the tab is by far the best way to fix the Internet.

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@lmorchard opened up a site to download something in a new tab, finished what I was doing and opened the new tab to be greeted by a full page survey asking me if I had found what I was looking to download. Dunno, it might be behind your survey, might not. It was also *mandatory* that I fill in my details *if* I wanted to be contacted about my feedback. I was not polite