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by SoftTalker 1392 days ago
It's an extension of the trend for sites to have all kinds of modal popups for new users, or to alert users to new features, that are shown once or a few times and then stop. It's probably a good idea in general, though I don't like them if I have to dismiss them manually. At least please make them go away if I hit ESC.

It might be a cool thing if a site prompted the user at some point "You've been using our system for a little while now, would you like to try a denser/more compact layout?"