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I'm glad that this reminder is of lower profile than in the past, but do we really need these at all? Do we see any benefit from them? Other than frowning in slight annoyance at the repeated badgering, I completely ignore them and would rather they just disappear.
Opinion noted.
It is a kind reminder. That's all.
Look, the goal is to get these folks as many readers as possible and grow the site.
If you do not wish to take 15 seconds of your day to click a button and help in that endeavor that's fine.
I thought it was quite sympathetic, actually. It never stopped me from ignoring the button - nor makes its absence me ignoring them.
I don't ignore the button, just the message. And it's only the fact that it's on nearly ever post that I find a little...wasteful. Heck, if the reminder was just done every so often, I'd be happy as a lark.
In no way am I saying that the site doesn't deserve promoting. But I am curious if the reminder's presence correlates to increased views.
Maybe do the reminder every couple of weeks; that should do.
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It worked for me. I completely ignored the reddit and digg buttons (they are at the top of the story, before I read it).
This reminded me of them and I judged the article worthy of a digg.
There are a lot of crap posts around. That reminder is not one of them.
You bring up a good point. It would be handy to have the reddit and digg buttons follow the article. By all rights, they should only follow the article, because you should really have read the article before promoting it, but pragmatism might trump righteousnous here.