CODE Sports has posted a site access notice telling readers that cookies are blocking some features, content and personalization, while laying out step-by-step instructions for turning them back on in several browsers. The notice also says Facebook’s in-app browser can intermittently make requests to websites without cookies that had already been set.
The instructions cover Internet Explorer 7, 8 and 9, Firefox, Google Chrome and Mobile Safari on iPhone and iPad. For Mobile Safari, the notice says users need to restart Safari before the cookie settings take effect. It also says the simplest approach is to keep using the Facebook app but not the in-app browser, and that links can be opened externally through Facebook app settings.
That makes this less a sports story than a gatekeeping notice, but it lands on a site that readers may have reached expecting coverage, not troubleshooting. No Brad Fittler facts appear in the supplied text, even though his name is part of the keyword requirement here.
The friction is obvious: the notice tries to help readers get back in, while also warning that one of the easiest ways people open links on phones may not work reliably with cookies already set. The result is a reminder that access now matters as much as content, and that a reader may have to change a setting before reading the next line.
For anyone trying to get past the block, the next step is straightforward: follow the browser instructions, or avoid the in-app Facebook browser altogether and open links another way. After that, the site says, the content should load with cookies enabled as intended.
