Civil Eats: Our Reporting Is Now Free for Everyone

15 points by severine 10 months ago | 7 comments
  • curtisblaine 10 months ago
    Ok, what is this? I see an article with its content blurred and a sign up wall on top.
    • archi42 10 months ago
      Seems the content is blurred for a few seconds (or until scrolling over it?).

      I get the joke and think it's funny, but also found that it might miss the mark by confusing people. Maybe they should have done it for the first paragraph only.

      Edit: The timing seems to depend on their page/CDN load speed.

      Edit 2: On Desktop, with a hot cache, it's blurred for about 500ms. I only tried a few times, but cold cache can be as much as 5s. While it don't like parent's "tone" (as did many others, considering it's flagged now), I get the confusion.

      • curtisblaine 10 months ago
        It might be depending on page load - on my mobile browser with not great connection it stays blurred.
      • Brajeshwar 10 months ago
        Then, did you like, “What was that?” and tried refreshing/scrolling up to see. Now, it works.
        • curtisblaine 10 months ago
          On mobile it remains blurred even if you scroll, unfortunately.
          • WithinReason 10 months ago
            nope, it stays blurred forever
          • ggm 10 months ago
            Go to the grill bars menu top left and explore
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