Sean Blanda

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The new SvN footer on article pages is the right mix of tackling the “dead end” issue without bombarding the user with images. Also, they boldly auto-hide the comments. I think we’ll be seeing more “friction” added to comments on popular blogs.

#article page #footer #related posts #comments
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Notes Explorable Explanations is my umbrella project for ideas that enable and encourage truly active reading. The goal is to change people's relationship with text. People currently think of text as information to be consumed. I want text to be used as an environment to think in.

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The best part of Quartz? There is no article page. The stories just roll right into one another. I wonder the effect that has on serendipity (and pageviews).

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Contently has a bold call to action in the footer of their article pages. I like the entire design, but this part is my favorite.

#call to action #article page
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Joel Runyon has an article summary with a “click to tweet” link at the end of his posts.

#article page #Twitter
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Predictably, this “article” design is beautiful.

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Relevant puts pull quotes in the left rail.

#article page #pull quotes
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The Republic (of Indiana) uses New York Times-style slide-outs at the end of articles to showcase recommended stories from Facebook’s social graph.

#article page #facebook
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Skift has its own take on the tl:dr with “Skift take”

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Tutsplus places rebuttals to the blog post inline.

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