Pain point · UI & usability · Blocks work
Intercom widget is seen as an annoying intrusion
4 source threads · first seen 2017-06 · last seen 2019-03
Summary
The user objects to the Intercom widget appearing on the video player site, describing it as an unwanted interactive element. The post does not specify a more concrete problem with its behavior.
Evidence
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“Chats popping up, covering a considerably big part of the screen and auto playing a sound – that's what's so annoying about these!”
“mandatory annoying Intercom garbage”
“the annoying Intercom popup that takes up way too much screen real estate”
“they slow the page a lot, but the sound, and the insistence on opening chat windows with idiotic default content”