Whenever I see something like this[0], there are two thoughts that immediately manifest in my psyche:
1) I probably wouldn't have bought a subscription, but now that the begging for me to buy a subscription is blocking the article itself, me not buying a subscription is guaranteed.
2) I guess I really don't feel like reading that article anyway. << closes tab >>
Absolutely unacceptable, and I'm getting sick and goddamn tired of it on every other website, especially here on Hacker News where the general population - of which "people who post things" is presumably a subset - really ought to be well-educated-enough regarding proper user experience to know better.
1) I probably wouldn't have bought a subscription, but now that the begging for me to buy a subscription is blocking the article itself, me not buying a subscription is guaranteed.
2) I guess I really don't feel like reading that article anyway. << closes tab >>
Absolutely unacceptable, and I'm getting sick and goddamn tired of it on every other website, especially here on Hacker News where the general population - of which "people who post things" is presumably a subset - really ought to be well-educated-enough regarding proper user experience to know better.
[0]: http://i.imgur.com/Lwz72w0.png