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

    • JustinHanagan@kbin.socialOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      You can just click “no thanks” to the subscription box, but I’ve copy-pasted the full guide (short version) here for you:

      1. Download the Mastodon app from the Apple app store or Play store.

      2. Create an account (just like Twitter or any other social media)

      3. Follow people, and get posting.

    • li10
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      Do you just open up and then close like every site you visit??

        • li10
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          9
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          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
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            6
            arrow-down
            4
            ·
            1 year ago

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

            • li10
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              8
              arrow-down
              4
              ·
              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.

              • no banana@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                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
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            arrow-down
            2
            ·
            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
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              5
              ·
              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…

              • tim-clark@kbin.social
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                1 year ago

                So you want more spam ads in your email that is already overloaded with spam. No thanks, no social media site needs to send me email.

                • li10
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  4
                  ·
                  1 year ago

                  I just clicked no, wasn’t that difficult tbh…

    • lefixxx@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      if you power through that then next stop is that this is not the full article and need to click “Read full story”