mechoman444 , 27 days ago

Tumblr is the poster child for terrible ideas on how to run an internet business.

beetus , 26 days ago

I think there are many others one could point to more accurately, including Yahoo who purchased and then resold tumblr.

While Tumblr has made a lot of changes, some of which were walked back, they are still a well used and beloved site today. There are many now-dead or barely alive behemoth Internet companies that are better examples of “poster child for running a terrible Internet business” imo.

mechoman444 , 26 days ago

After they got rid of all the porn they last a vast majority of their traffic. Now they’re basically a Taylor Swift fan club catering to a very small but dedicated fan base barely enough to keep the lights on.

They are husk of their former self.

pantyhosewimp , 27 days ago

Got it!

HornyOnMain , 27 days ago (edited 27 days ago)

You can block the elements with ublock and the page loads just fine, in case anyone wanted to look through Tumblr without an account

electro1 , 27 days ago

This is not an asshole design, this is the designers being assholes… WTF do you mean the best thing in my life ???.. So the best moment in my life is me signing up to a digital platform… 🤦‍♂️

ech , 27 days ago

What do you think asshole design means, exactly?

electro1 , 26 days ago

To me it’s because of the different roles of the job

writing text on a mockup is usually the UX writer job, designing the interface is the UI designers job, if you go out of your way to write something like this, you know they’re doing it on purpose, or at least they know what they’re doing enough to push the user to act…

Asshole design to me has to do with the functionality like for example, you click on a button and it does something else, or designing a fake button where the user clicks but it doesn’t do anything… It’s blank… Or a piece of artwork that’s offensive… Etc

This is asshole writing ( it’s more direct ), so that’s why I said designers being assholes

hash0772 , 26 days ago

Still asshole design though. Why do they need my personal information (in this case an email) for me to be able to see public posts?

ech , 26 days ago

It’s all serving the same base design, so the distinction seems a bit moot, imo.

DarkThoughts , 27 days ago

I think you can block the elements with uBlock but I don't really use that site past some search results leading to it.

all-knight-party , 27 days ago

Whoa whoa, you didn't do it?! But, it might be the best decision you make in your life!

Susaga , 27 days ago

Hehe, denial of service for no reason beyond forced data collection is so quirky! Yeah, capitalism is squeezing the life out of modern culture, but in a fun way!

nossaquesapao , 27 days ago

We can’t even browse products in some online shops anymore without a login. That’s so infuriating.

SharkAttak , 27 days ago

What?! Some sites have been going the route of buying without an account for some time now.. I hope people going "Hell nah" will make them rethink or shut down.

helenslunch , 27 days ago

I hope people going “Hell nah” will make them rethink or shut down

This is nothing new, and that won’t happen, unfortunately.

helenslunch , 27 days ago

for no reason beyond forced data collection

Meh. It’s to prevent bots and spam also.

ech , 27 days ago

Not sure how forced account creation would help with either of those. Both are only problems when they already have accounts.

helenslunch , 27 days ago

Not sure how forced account creation would help with either of those.

Because in order to get an account, you have to pass tests designed to tell if you’re a bot.

ech , 27 days ago

So people that don’t want accounts should be forced to get an account because they might be a bot (that, notably, can’t do anything without an account) so they can be filtered out and denied an account that they didn’t want in the first place? Do you really not see the issue with what you’re saying?

helenslunch , 27 days ago

Do you really not see the issue with what you’re saying?

I don’t know where you got the idea that I have no issue with this. I’m just saying it’s not purely malicious as you said.

ech , 27 days ago

So you don’t see. Got it.

helenslunch , 27 days ago

So you just want to be angry for no reason. Got it.

Susaga , 26 days ago

If this sort of thing only popped up when posting comments, then sure. If it’s to VIEW the damn site, that will only affect actual people.

helenslunch , 26 days ago

Except the act of viewing the site is ingesting data.

cosmicrookie OP , 26 days ago

Bots can create accounts too. If it indeed was to prevent bots, they would just ask for a captcha test to continue browsing

Moonrise2473 , 27 days ago

I hate those