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Ask HN: Has anyone every filled out an interrupting pop-up box?

by 0x6461188A on 8/29/23, 6:02 PM with 2 comments

I see pop-up subscription boxes become increasingly popular across websites. Do these actually work? I find them annoying and feel zero desire to fill them. They make me go from neutral to negative. They feel spammy. Do these actually work?

  • by coreyp_1 on 8/29/23, 9:38 PM

    I have instantly left every website that uses them.

    My theory is that it is an indicator of low-quality content ("we have to get their info before they figure out that we aren't worth it!!!"), and respond accordingly.

    I can't say that my life is worse off because of it.

  • by billybuckwheat on 8/30/23, 12:37 AM

    Every so often when I encounter one of them and am a bit bored, I enter a nonsense email address. Usually, though, I close the browser tab with the site spawning one of those boxes, often never to return.