It's 2014, and every website I visit hits me with some nonsense overlay. Stop it. I'm sure they're effective. And I could get people on the street to take my survey by threatening them with a claw hammer. That would be pretty effective too. Check out Tab Closed; Didn't Read by Andy Beaumont (@drcongo), and read his thoughts on all of this nonsense. For more of my thoughts on this, check out Death to Bullshit.
*[DETAILS]: Device, Environment, Time, Activity, Individual, Location, Social
*[RESS]: Responsive Design with Server-Side Components