You got voted down, but I've seen plenty of other sites with just as bad a layout discuss how terrible web 3.0 (or whatever we are calling it) has been for web design.
I felt like I was constantly looking through a pile of papers on a messy desk and I could never quite see clearly one photo at a time. It was irritating.
I feel like maybe if enough people complain about sites like these on HN, every time they come up, eventually someone will listen, and then we can go back to the good old days when no one hijacked the scrolling function to try to control your browsing experience.
Metaphorically, this is grabbing someone's face and making them look at something you are presenting. It's rude, and should only be used in life-critical situations.
I strongly prefer that my attention be led or suggested, and not heavy-handedly forced. This style of breaking text sections with photograph wipes makes me feel as though I am being forced to read the unholy hybrid of article and photo essay through a kaleidoscope.
But this is what reader mode is made for, right? Switching made me feel better immediately, but most of the pieces of the article were just gone. Missing photos; missing text. The only way to get the whole thing is to submerge your will and submit to the slideshow presentation.
I'd almost rather have them lay it out in a paged medium like an old-school magazine and present it in a PDF. I hate having my face grabbed.
Nothing wrong with speaking your mind. Someone has to go against the grain. the claim goes, you’re not contributing to conversion and I say, do we always have to contribute?! No. Downvote me, see how much I care :)
