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The entire modern internet has been built on platforms that don’t believe in asking for consent. What if we started demanding a culture of consent online? anildash.com//2025/05/27/2025-

Anil DashThe Internet of ConsentBy Anil Dash

@anildash My first time reading your website, and this pops up a few seconds in. This behavior ensures that in addition to being the first time, this will also be my last visit to your website.

@nwd okay. You can also just close that and it won’t come back.

@anildash @nwd
So just like the "consent" popups.

Nice to see which side you are on, makes it easier to block you.

@leeloo @nwd heh, not... really? anyway, it's gone now, i switched it out for a regular form at the top. but you can block me, sure.

@anildash @leeloo @nwd

Thank you for disabling the newsletter popup ❤️ They are really distracting

@kuba @anildash @nwd
Agreed. That's the first time in a very long time I've seen someone on the internet listen to complaints.

Anil Dash

@leeloo @kuba @nwd I think it’s fairly common? Not a big deal to just change stuff if people don’t like it