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by Freak_NL 3169 days ago
> Toggle pointless gifs off

First time I've seen that. That should really be the standard for any author who decides to pepper their articles with 'memes' and other unrelated distractions.

Perhaps this is a cultural or generational thing that I am interpreting in the wrong way, but whenever I follow a link to a blog post filled with these kinds of distracting animated pictures I tend to just give up on the article after encountering the first one. I just can't fathom why someone who wishes to inform or enlighten readers on a certain topic feels the need to include a plethora of irrelevant distractions.

Nice to have a way to turn them off so I can give the article a chance based on its merits rather than the presence of memes.
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unwttng 3169 days ago
If it's the first time you've seen it, can I recommend the article that started it a few weeks back https://unwttng.com/compression-decompressed
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Moru 3169 days ago
There was a lot of complaints a few weeks ago on an article with animated gifs. That person changed the homepage with a toggle, mabe it's the same person?
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unwttng 3169 days ago
It's the same person! That person is me.
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PappaPatat 3169 days ago
Hi Jack, thanks for the nice write up, I will happily revere people who like to understand some basics of the blockchain to it.

A pity you site does not (yet :P ) have an rss feed for I'd like to follow your efforts.

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avip 3169 days ago
We want the shitcoin.com domain!
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abrkn 3169 days ago
That's me. Maybe I'll do a no GIF version for my next review.
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vpny 3169 days ago
"I just can't fathom why someone who wishes to inform or enlighten readers on a certain topic feels the need to include a plethora of irrelevant distractions."

Preach brother. It's memes and puns everywhere. I default to considering them lame attempts at wit. A ploy for attention. I want to believe they serve a small intermission but that's never the case.

If you're going to settle for this style of writing make the image or gif context relevant -- perhaps an illustration relating to the subject matter. Anything else is simply a distraction.

Nice article otherwise.

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