[binarycrusader]

Ugh, no. Blurring the text not only kills performance but since it happens after page load is incredibly irritating.

Nevermind all the irrating navigation that suddenly appeared around the edges of the page.

Quora does this and it's why I will never, ever sign up for an account with them.

[eistrati]

Imagine it's not blurring, but random replacement of alphanumeric characters that quickly replaces the original text in the article. Would you use it that way and which route: micro-payments or ads?

[loeg]

Still just as annoying. (And no.)

[binarycrusader]

It does both; it not only replaces the characters with "random" ones (it may be rot13?) but it also blurs the text with a CSS effect of some type.