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Carrie · 06-29-2003, 02:11 AM

It's the abuse that did it - seems the mantra in this biz is to take everything good and rape it so hard that it won't do anyone any good anymore.

I was just recently in a group of about 20 webmasters who were going to work together with a particular traffic source and try something new. The shit that went on was amazing; even in such a small group people were climbing over each other to be the first to spam the traffic source, spam our internal gallery pool, do all kinds of shit that you would *think* you wouldn't even have to mention in the company of experienced webmasters.
They took every inch and went 300 miles with it and ruined it for all of us.

Same thing with pop-ups. Yes, they're effective. Yes, they work.
But the reason surfers hate them is because some folks have the attitude of "I'll pop you and *keep* popping until you signup or have to reboot your machine", and they're ruining it for everyone.

The next time someone comes up with a great idea like pop-ups, start working feverishly on a program that combats it (like pop-up blockers) and get your site up ASAP. True to the "exploit it until it dies" format, the adult webmasters *will* overuse the idea so much that sufers will soon be flocking to programs that simply make the shit go away.

06-29-2003, 02:11 AM
Carrie Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Virgin - nee Posts: 3,162	It's the abuse that did it - seems the mantra in this biz is to take everything good and rape it so hard that it won't do anyone any good anymore. I was just recently in a group of about 20 webmasters who were going to work together with a particular traffic source and try something new. The shit that went on was amazing; even in such a small group people were climbing over each other to be the first to spam the traffic source, spam our internal gallery pool, do all kinds of shit that you would think you wouldn't even have to mention in the company of experienced webmasters. They took every inch and went 300 miles with it and ruined it for all of us. Same thing with pop-ups. Yes, they're effective. Yes, they work. But the reason surfers hate them is because some folks have the attitude of "I'll pop you and keep popping until you signup or have to reboot your machine", and they're ruining it for everyone. The next time someone comes up with a great idea like pop-ups, start working feverishly on a program that combats it (like pop-up blockers) and get your site up ASAP. True to the "exploit it until it dies" format, the adult webmasters will overuse the idea so much that sufers will soon be flocking to programs that simply make the shit go away.