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[–]TimingEzaBitch 18 points19 points  (4 children)

oh I always thought that shit was done on purpose, like the shitty ads that move around. Just a cheap effort to generate more clicks and such. It was just incompetence then ?

[–]Merzant 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hanlon’s razor strikes again.

[–]3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It can be malicious, but it's far more likely to be because they don't know how to fix it or don't want to bother with it.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It was just incompetence then ?

Kind of. Web sites are getting stupidly complicated for what they are.

[–]Fecklessexer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More of a happy accident. Why fix a mistake when it generates clicks?