Same here. It's very off-putting, no matter how interested I am in the content. Some other such deterrents for me are the usual autoplaying media, newsletter popups, and blog-spam recommendations.
Lately, I've also included in-your-face code of conduct or diversity rules, and fixed-position author portraits in blogs.
For YouTube it's opening with "hey guys!11!", forced hand gestures, manic editing (where pauses between phrases are shorter than between words), and superfluous stock imagery.
Lately, I've also included in-your-face code of conduct or diversity rules, and fixed-position author portraits in blogs.
For YouTube it's opening with "hey guys!11!", forced hand gestures, manic editing (where pauses between phrases are shorter than between words), and superfluous stock imagery.
Life's too short and it's only getting shorter.