Reconsider Genius
StevenBlack opened this issue · comments
Problem: Running WTF through webpagetest.org yields some actionable insight. In my view none greater than the involvement of genius.com.
Factors to consider: This webpagetwest.org result from today (February 20, 2017) on the home page – Day 32. Specifically, the results shown in the domains tab.
In short, Genius is responsible for 74% of page weight, 18% of this page's 43 HTTP requests, and greatly affects page timing – see the genius lines in the waterfall chart in the details tab.
For starters here's a screen cap from the domains tab.
Yep, aware. Considering options about how to handle this.
If it were up to me, ditch it.
I haven't yet seen a North American news site whose public comments didn't eventually become a cesspool.
The UK's The Economist is good, but these comments are heavily moderated, and a step removed from the articles, so loading them is both optional and, I wager, rare.
We're going to keep it from now. Your suggestion has been noted. I share your concern with all the extra shit getting loaded.
There will likely never be traditional comments on these pages – inline annotations are a much better approach.