Yup, autorotating sliders suck. They feel like your head is spinning while you don't even move. But the nasty effect on that site is disruptive to the degree of slap-in-the-face. Put that on your web page and you'll never have to bother with visitors again.
Yes, let's remove sliders and in lieu of that place obnoxious popover CTAs.
That thing distracted me right off the page.
script blockers (ghostery et al) can't get mainstream soon enough
I opened the web site a bit ago in a big slew of new tabs. Finally got it and closed it since I had no idea what it was along with it not being immediately obvious that I could scroll down.
And permanent fixed social media buttons that cover up the left side of the article on mobile devices.