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[SteveParker60]

Stopped reading after seven seconds - giant animated pop-up.

Dear websites: please please stop doing this.

[BenjaminTodd → SteveParker60]

We use optinmonster, which we wanted to turn off, but their service just went down. Really need to migrate off these guys...

[wohlergehen → BenjaminTodd]

Also: If you're asking me to subscribe in the middle of me reading the article, I still happily will enter my e-mail address and click subscribe, but please, please, please do not send me to a new page then to enter more details. I'll instantly navigate back since I actually want to read the text.

[milkytron → wohlergehen]

I sincerely hope your feedback as well as the other feedback in this thread makes it to the people that are in charge of these decisions. It's in their best interest.

[d23 → wohlergehen]

And I will happily enter a fake, insulting email address.

[drdrey → BenjaminTodd]

You can't turn it off because their service just went down? Sounds like you're dealing with a situation here.

[robertwiblin → drdrey]

Yeah turns out they're upgrading their web interface so we can't change any of our settings. Keep saying it will be fixed any moment...