I've never seen something so egregious before, it made it impossible to read without covering it with my hand.

But I realized something by attempting to read this article several times first.

If I ever want to write an article and reduce peoples ability to critically engage with the argument in it I should add a focus pulling animation that thwarts concerted focus.

It's like the blog equivalent of public speakers who ramble their audience into a coma.

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deepsun 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

https://neal.fun/stimulation-clicker/

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masklinn 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I've never seen something so egregious before

You should check how comments work on niconico.

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extraduder_ire 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think the same blog used to show you the cursor position of every other reader on your screen. Surprised that's been removed.

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IrishTechie 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> I've never seen something so egregious before

Streaming comments on YouTube give it a run for its money, what absolute garbage.

	▲	masklinn 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Do you mean the live chat? Those are, appropriately, for live streams. They do replay afterwards as depending on the type of stream the video may not make complete sense without them (and they're easy enough to fold if they don't have any value e.g. premieres).
	▲	politelemon 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Thankfully that can be collapsed.