It’s very easy to prove the wall of text is 100% for ads. If it wasn’t, they’d simply move the recipes above the wall of text. The text would still be there for those who want it and for SEO. People who just want the recipe would get it up front and center. It’d put an end to all the negative feedback that spurs an…

And this ‘jump to recipe’ claim in my experience is straight up false. I went to the Twitter thread referenced and opened up about 20 blogs from bloggers mad at the tool. Not a single one had a jump to recipe button/link.

Despite the fact that recipes at the top would put an end to the negative feedback they claim to hate, truth is the wall of text has nothing to do with history/context and all to do with ads. Putting the recipe at the bottom forces people to scroll past ads for revenue. It’s fine that’s how they make their money but…

Just give me the recipe. (I kid.)

Scrollers still give visitation to the site and earn the site ad revenue (provided they’re not blocking them). The bot doesn’t provide even that.

I guess my issue is that food bloggers love to complain about the negative feedback they receive about the recipe’s location but won’t make the simple fix to be rid of it by moving it to the top. They then insult your intelligence by defending the quality of the text when all that would still apply with the text under…

Except the article IS about not skipping the stuff before the recipe. It leaps off from “it’s usually in the recipe reader’s best interest to read all the stuff that comes before the recipe, as that is where the real discussion takes place.” So energetically telling people how easy it is to skip it is contrary to…

I saw this asked a couple times in the Twitter thread for the tool referenced in the article and none of the irate bloggers seem to have a response to it. I don’t know if it was bad timing or the way the guy marketed it, but they all decided to gang up on him despite this functionality being nothing new online.

According to all the bloggers upset over the tool in the thread you referenced, it seems to have very little to do with historical information and context and entirely to do with ads & clicks. The history/context shtick seems to be a façade for ‘we have to add filler for the money’ which is fine. People should make…

I think it’s a bad combination of different forms of content. The stories and pieces about food in general are different than the instructions of a recipe. One leans more entertainment and one leans more purely informative. I read articles about food because they interest me. I look up recipes because I want the…

This comment reply confuses me. Your entire article is all about not skipping the stuff before a recipe and you’re energetically agreeing it only takes seconds to skip it.

If you have good eye sight, 1080p at 27" will likely be too low of a pixel density. I’d suggest 1440p or more for anything above 24" or you’ll likely see the individual pixels making up the mouse, unless you don’t have good eyes.

If you have good eye sight, 1080p at 27" will likely be too low of a pixel density. I’d suggest 1440p or more for…

I likely worded my comment poorly. I tried to quickly portray the entire point you made in the line about having the understanding they haven’t learned those concepts yet which is why I in no way blame them for acting the way they do. Unfortunately, despite having full understanding of why they don’t have an adult…

This is a good example of why I struggle being around kids. Having been one myself, I understand their lack of logic and reason as it hasn’t yet formed in their brain but it having done so in mine makes me uncomfortable to be around them longer than short bursts at get-togethers. The lack of it not computing that A is…

You forgot to list the Walmart exclusive blue-coat Hamilton.

You forgot to list the Walmart exclusive blue-coat Hamilton.

They will be mine. Oh yes. They will be mine. Just preordered all 6 and I’m not even a big Funko Pop person. I am overhauling my game-room and have the perfect spot for these.

They will be mine. Oh yes. They will be mine. Just preordered all 6 and I’m not even a big Funko Pop person. I am…

Unfortunately it’s long since gotten to the point with corporations where they budget accounts specifically for legal fines. “We’ll make around X dollars on this project. Let’s put aside Z dollars to cover any fines IF we’re held accountable for any of the bad decisions we make along the way.” Even if they are held…

I predicted this as soon as it was announced LogMeIn was buying them. A while back, LogMeIn was one of the best remote desktop apps on Android. The app was a crazy ~$35 but it was unlimited use after that. I finally bit the bullet and bought it just to be told 2 weeks later that they were making the app free and…

I think 1080p has held up for monitors due to it not being as big of a deal for work stuff and the percentage of people gaming at 1080p is still the vast majority. The bulk of them likely aren’t able to (or care to) spend the money needed to upgrade their display and their hardware to support higher resolutions. It…

I think 1080p has held up for monitors due to it not being as big of a deal for work stuff and the percentage of…

1080p 27" is a super tough sell, to me at least, due to such a low pixel density. I could see the individual pixels making up the mouse for instance. It’s definitely not unusable but if you sit a typical distance from the monitor and have good eye sight, it’ll potentially be bad enough to bother you. I’d suggest not…

1080p 27" is a super tough sell, to me at least, due to such a low pixel density. I could see the individual pixels…