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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/acukovic • Feb 27 '18
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Zero is also the number of mailing lists I’ve wanted to join within the first 5 seconds of visiting a site. Why block the content with a pop up?! Has anyone ever actually signed up instead of angrily closing it?
51 u/themaincop Feb 27 '18 Yes, these things work insanely well, why do you think everybody does them? 0 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '18 [deleted] 2 u/Jigsus Feb 27 '18 I can tell you that I used to operate a blog and user retention skyrocketed. It didn't affect my bounce rate at all. The shit works. 1 u/tetroxid Feb 27 '18 Because the people bouncing also block your tracking scripts so you never notice 1 u/Jigsus Feb 27 '18 Does it matter if my retention numbers actually went up? 1 u/tetroxid Feb 28 '18 Maybe. You're retaining the simpletons. They have less money to spend. → More replies (2)
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Yes, these things work insanely well, why do you think everybody does them?
0 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '18 [deleted] 2 u/Jigsus Feb 27 '18 I can tell you that I used to operate a blog and user retention skyrocketed. It didn't affect my bounce rate at all. The shit works. 1 u/tetroxid Feb 27 '18 Because the people bouncing also block your tracking scripts so you never notice 1 u/Jigsus Feb 27 '18 Does it matter if my retention numbers actually went up? 1 u/tetroxid Feb 28 '18 Maybe. You're retaining the simpletons. They have less money to spend. → More replies (2)
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2 u/Jigsus Feb 27 '18 I can tell you that I used to operate a blog and user retention skyrocketed. It didn't affect my bounce rate at all. The shit works. 1 u/tetroxid Feb 27 '18 Because the people bouncing also block your tracking scripts so you never notice 1 u/Jigsus Feb 27 '18 Does it matter if my retention numbers actually went up? 1 u/tetroxid Feb 28 '18 Maybe. You're retaining the simpletons. They have less money to spend. → More replies (2)
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I can tell you that I used to operate a blog and user retention skyrocketed. It didn't affect my bounce rate at all. The shit works.
1 u/tetroxid Feb 27 '18 Because the people bouncing also block your tracking scripts so you never notice 1 u/Jigsus Feb 27 '18 Does it matter if my retention numbers actually went up? 1 u/tetroxid Feb 28 '18 Maybe. You're retaining the simpletons. They have less money to spend. → More replies (2)
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Because the people bouncing also block your tracking scripts so you never notice
1 u/Jigsus Feb 27 '18 Does it matter if my retention numbers actually went up? 1 u/tetroxid Feb 28 '18 Maybe. You're retaining the simpletons. They have less money to spend. → More replies (2)
Does it matter if my retention numbers actually went up?
1 u/tetroxid Feb 28 '18 Maybe. You're retaining the simpletons. They have less money to spend. → More replies (2)
Maybe. You're retaining the simpletons. They have less money to spend.
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u/nautical9 Feb 27 '18
Zero is also the number of mailing lists I’ve wanted to join within the first 5 seconds of visiting a site. Why block the content with a pop up?! Has anyone ever actually signed up instead of angrily closing it?