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   Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Tuesday, 27-May-2025 23:33:47 JST Anil Dash

   The entire modern internet has been built on platforms that don’t believe in asking for consent. What if we started demanding a culture of consent online? https://www.anildash.com//2025/05/27/2025-05-27-internet-of-consent/

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     kris (kris@ghostly.garden)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 00:40:47 JST kris

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     @anildash we really need a browser-supported consent standard similar to Apple's app privacy warnings (educational and mostly non-invasive) — otherwise we'll get more of the malicious compliance style cookie consent banners

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 09:54:29 JST Anil Dash

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     • Nathan

     @nwd okay. You can also just close that and it won’t come back.

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     Nathan (nwd@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 09:54:30 JST Nathan

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     @anildash My first time reading your website, and this pops up a few seconds in. This behavior ensures that in addition to being the first time, this will also be my last visit to your website.

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     jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 14:40:30 JST jwz

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     • Nathan

     @nwd @anildash Count me among the people who reach immediately for the "close" button rather than the "maybe later" button at the first pop-up. Fuck these intrusive dark patterns entirely. You should know better.

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 14:40:30 JST Anil Dash

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     • jwz
     • Nathan

     @jwz @nwd Okey doke. I pulled the popup out and just made a little thing at the top that can be dismissed. I really had only put the other style of form in because multiple people had literally asked for a substack-style subscription form since that's what they're used to. I think this is really just the collision between my normie business audience and my audience of people who are actual internet people.

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 14:42:12 JST Anil Dash

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     • Leeloo
     • Nathan

     @leeloo @nwd heh, not... really? anyway, it's gone now, i switched it out for a regular form at the top. but you can block me, sure.

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     Leeloo (leeloo@techhub.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 14:42:13 JST Leeloo

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     • Nathan

     @anildash @nwd
     So just like the "consent" popups.

     Nice to see which side you are on, makes it easier to block you.

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 14:44:26 JST Anil Dash

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     • David Glover-Aoki
     • Nathan

     @davidga @nwd well, it was using local storage since those tend to be kept a little better than cookies, but i switched it out for a regular form at the top anyway. it's still dismissible but I figure folks who object to this form are just trying to fuss at this point.

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     David Glover-Aoki (davidga@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 14:44:27 JST David Glover-Aoki

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     • Nathan

     @anildash @nwd In-app browsers in Mastodon clients and other apps don’t preserve cookies so it will in fact come up every time.

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Friday, 30-May-2025 03:29:03 JST Anil Dash

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     • Kuba Orlik
     • Leeloo
     • Nathan

     @leeloo @kuba @nwd I think it’s fairly common? Not a big deal to just change stuff if people don’t like it

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     Leeloo (leeloo@techhub.social)'s status on Friday, 30-May-2025 03:29:04 JST Leeloo

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     • Kuba Orlik
     • Nathan

     @kuba @anildash @nwd
     Agreed. That's the first time in a very long time I've seen someone on the internet listen to complaints.

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     Kuba Orlik (kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.name)'s status on Friday, 30-May-2025 03:29:06 JST Kuba Orlik

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     • Leeloo
     • Nathan

     @anildash @leeloo @nwd

     Thank you for disabling the newsletter popup ❤️ They are really distracting