IA and Marketing Sneezers (was Re: [Sigia-l] Site registration

[Alexander Johannesen]

Hi,

> >  Links I have to stop
> > three seconds and fiddle with username and password (even if I'm using
> > Opera and can make this automatic!) it's simply not worth my time.

On 8/26/05, Skot Nelson <skot at penguinstorm.com> wrote:
> right. and a i neglected a key point of why the times works for me....
> 
> they drop a cookie.

Well, most sites drop a cookie, Google / Flickr / Yahoo included. But
I think the main point of my argument is that I'm a blogger, and do
things the blogging way, which is RSS feeds, and click links if they
sound good enough. That means I don't visit their site to hear about
their stuff, so to me (and I assume other bloggers out there) it isn't
working. As more and more people are becoming bloggers ... things
change.

> i perceive no evil in cookies. except macadamia nut and white
> chocolate ones - those are evil personified.

Macadamia nuts in themselves are marvelous, though! I love them! I
didn't even know about their existance before I moved to Australia.

> i just don't think registration is universally bad. i am, however,
> careful who i give my information too.

Well, nothing is universally bad; it's all very contextual. To me, I
register gladly if a service is offered, but rarely for just news and
tidbits.


Alex
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