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crappy website that throws up a "like me on facebook" popup that I have to dismiss before I get to read the article. guess what, I didn't even read the article. I certainly won't be pre-emptively liking anything on Facebook. seriously, can you at least let me read the damn thing before begging for social media help?

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Same here. tp;dr - too pushy; didn't read

Are you on your phone?

Coz it's working here on my desktop and I have Ad Block installed on the machine

The Facebook Like popup got through uBlock on Chrome.

desktop machine (an iMac), using Chrome, with Ad Block Plus installed. it got through to me.

I shouldn't need browser extensions to read an article without getting harassed. this kind of user hostile behavior is like a throw back to the bad old days of javascript popup hell.

FF Dev edition on Win 7 and just one click in the body region and the modal box is gone!

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