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kgwxd on June 8, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Most Hated Online Advertising Techniques

I always wondered why they even put the "x" there.

bigbugbag on June 9, 2017 [–]

Probably so they can track who clicked the "x" vs who used the esc key vs who clicked outside.

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