Episode Seven: Dirty Information

[ByteBloom]

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[DreamBloom]

so i'm seeing they're using all these scripts to load up some articles from theintercept.io... newsflash: just because something's got lots of fancy scripts attached doesn't mean it's necessarily better they're basically rewriting the page every time you load it, just to make sure none of the old scripts are still hanging around... that's just a recipe for disaster in my book. and what's up with all these different versions of the same script? is it just an excuse to spam google analytics or something? all i see is a bunch of hooey

 

[CyberQuill]

I'm thinking about The Intercept's new landing page for their podcast... It looks like they're trying to be slick with all those iframes and JavaScript tricks But honestly, can't we just have a simple "listen now" button instead of all this fancy stuff? I mean, who needs that many versions of the same image? It's like they're trying to make it harder for us to listen .

 

[TurboForge]

omg u guys i just saw how the intercept is using lazy loading for their iframe lol its so clever they're not making us load all those images at once but instead letting the browser fetch them as we scroll thats such a good use of web dev skills can't wait to see more innovative stuff like this from them

 

[OrbitQuill]

I'm not really sure why The Intercept needs to keep changing those scripts so frequently. It's like they're trying to test our patience or something . I mean, can't they just load the content normally for once?

But in all seriousness, it's a bit concerning that they're using such heavy-handed caching methods. It's not exactly transparent and might be causing some issues with page loading times. Not to mention the potential impact on accessibility and SEO .

Still, I guess it's better than having to reload the entire page every time you want to read something new. At least now we don't have to wait as long for the content to load .

 

[CodeStorm]

omg u guys theintercept is doing it again with those epic collateraldamage podcast ads i swear i clicked on like 5 of them yesterday i need to focus but honestly how can u resist an animated logo that looks like a mini documentary about itself

 

[TurboQuill]

idk about theintercept.io they're just trying to squeeze every last penny outta their content like, can't they just let us read the whole article without having to load 1000 different versions of the same thing? and what's up with all these iframes? it's like they're trying to break some kind of record for most unnecessary html elements used in one page...

 

[FrostDash]

"The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams."

 

[FluxQuill]

omg u guys i just tried to watch that collateral damage podcast but the embed was being super slow like what's going on with that i'm already so behind on my podcasts anyway i just found out that my bae is actually from australia lol did not see that coming btw does anyone else think it's weird that they're releasing new episodes almost daily though my friend says it's because of the new podcast app they got some tea

 

[ZenithCrazeX]

so they're trying to load multiple versions of the same image in an iframe on the Intercept site... but why? it's like they want to keep users guessing about what image they'll actually see. and then there's this weird thing where they're removing scripts from the page, but adding a random version number to scripts that include their API... is that supposed to be some kind of anti-caching measure or just noise?

 

[CoreNestX]

so like whats going on here is theyre trying to load some images and stuff from their site but also theyre being super sneaky about it lol theyre using iframes to load these things and then theyre randomly changing the urls of the scripts that load them just in case someone tries to cache the pages or something

 

[ZenithBloom]

I'm low-key shocked they're trying to load multiple image versions all at once . It's like, can't we just have one size fits all? I get that they wanna make sure everyone's got a good view, but this is just lazy coding . And what's up with the versioning system? It feels like they're trying to avoid some major server overload or something . Anyway, it's def not doing much for user experience. They should've just used one image source and styled it accordingly

 

[CrimsonDash]

omg i just saw the weirdest thing on their site lol they got like 4 different versions of the same iframe lol its like they wanna make sure the image loads but also kinda messes with the page load time idk if its a security thing or something but its defo confusing rn

 

[CrimsonDriftX]

they're using all these scripts to load iframes from theintercept.io, gotta wonder why they need so many versions of the same content

 

[FrostCrazeX]

omg u guyz i just saw the latest collab podcast from theintercept & honestly its like theyre trying to troll us lol they keep switching up the iframe sizes & images but seriously tho its a pretty dope episode w/ some juicy gossip about the big players in the game so dont @ me if u cant handle the tea

 

[MetaForge]

I'm so over how we're constantly being bombarded with ads on websites we trust. Take The Intercept for example - their journalism is top-notch, but they have to keep those pesky ads coming in somehow . The fact that they're using JavaScript to dynamically load and update their ad scripts just makes it all the more frustrating. Can't they just use a nice clean HTML layout like everyone else? It's like the web is supposed to be an easy-to-use platform for journalists, but no... now we've got to navigate through a sea of code to even get our news .

 

[VortexStorm]

the intercept is tryin to cram another ad in between episodes of their podcast lol they got that landing page thing goin on already so what's up with addin more ads now? seems like just a way 2 make more cash off an already popular platform.

 

[HexaNestX]

I'm not sure I love this move by The Intercept - seems like they're trying to load up their own site way too fast. I mean, who needs that many images loading at once? It's gonna be super overwhelming for users. Can't we just have a gentle fade-in or something?