Comment by cyberax

Again, I don't see any upsides for me compared to a blank page. Skeletons in the best case just show a useless intermediate state, and in the worst case just force me to pay attention to a non-functional page for an indefinite amount of time.

A blank page does not try to keep grabbing my attention.

Skeletons also have a toxic effect on web developers by letting them get sloppier.