Why Groundhog Day Is the Most Important Holiday of the Year

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I have no idea what this article is about nor will I ever, but I encourage any front-end web designer | developer to take a look because this site is a shining example of what not to do.

Upon loading the page I was pretty much instantly distracted from reading the article by two incredibly intrusive boxes taking over the space and blocking me from reading the article.

I closed the tab without hesitation and won't be reading the article.

Take this for what you will, but please note that I'm not being petulant here. This is truly a textbook demonstration of a bad web user experience.

This is only a shining example of what not to do if the popup isn't working. If it's driving away 50% of users but capturing the email addresses of the other 50% then it's absolutely brilliant and everyone should implement one immediately.

The job of a website is to effectively help a business grow. That isn't the same thing as making everyone who visits the page happy.

I didn't see this behavior on my iPad ... Perhaps a broken "mobile first" site?

Possibly; I tried to read on a computer.

Spoiler: because every day can be Groundhog Day.

Very similar to an advice I got when I started out, I think it was my dad that told me..

"It is much easier to change yourself than it is to change the others."

Nice post.

If the dirtpig sees his shadow it means his body is opaque.

saved you a click: because it's a good movie.

Seems stoic

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