Even Overlays Can Be Annoying — Curate.Us to Drop Social Sharing Tool

Most content publishers know that pop-ups are a big No-No; they quickly annoy site visitors. Overlays, however, tend to be safer. Unless your overlay is also an annoyance. I was recently impressed by an overlay coded by Curate.Us and Repost.Us. When I selected text on a certain site, an overlay (without a lightbox effect) was cued to encourage me to share the copied portion or the full story through social media. It seemed like a great Word-of-Mouth…

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