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An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon (for when someone says it's too complicated to catch on) (www.staygrounded.online)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by JustinHanagan@kbin.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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PS- The "real" (non-joke) full guide for the Masto-curious is here.

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[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I haven't seen a popup ad in years

[-] li10@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

It’s not a pop up ad, it’s a little pop up on the page asking to subscribe to a mailing list, I see them on most sites that host articles.

[-] Izzy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No pop-ups are acceptable. It doesn't matter how small the pop-up is.

[-] li10@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

No pop-ups are acceptable to you.

If a site makes good content and doesn’t drown the actual article with ads then I’m not gonna begrudge a small mailing list pop-up, but each to their own.

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly I'd personally prefer a mailing list form at the bottom of the page, but I get why they do it so I'm kind of okay with it.

[-] tim-clark@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

So ads for their mail list and more data to be sold later. Size doesn't matter when it comes to ads and nefarious content.

It's just a little pop up...

[-] li10@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

Or, just a small site trying to make good content and engage users in a way that means they’ll return.

“BuT If I lIkE tHE CoNteNt I’lL CoMe BaCk AnYWay”, and some people would prefer a mailing list. There’s nothing inherently evil about a mailing list pop up…