Wired News Discovers The Tools Of Registration Avoidance

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Wired 11.12: WIRED TOOLS 2K3

Wired 11.12: WIRED TOOLS 2K3 12/03/2003 03:46 PM

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hubble
discovers 100 new planets

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hubble
discovers 100 new planets 07/03/2004 08:47 AM

Wired Tools 2k3, no se.. este ao no me
parecieron geniales

Wired Tools 2k3, no se.. este ao no me
parecieron geniales 12/04/2003 08:26 AM
Your Geek Gift Guide for 2003 .. wired

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News site registration

News site registration 07/16/2004 11:46 AM

The single hottest topic in the online news industry at the moment is that of required registration. A number of large news sites (the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune) have moved to this model, and many local newspapers are following suit.

If you haven't seen BugMeNot, go and check it out now. It's a simple service for sharing free news site accounts, and it's started to upset some people in the news industry. A post to the online-news mailing list inquiring about possible legal action against the site prompted me to reply with the following:

The flaw here is not with BugMeNot - it's with the entire concept of user registration in its present form. The reason BugMeNot works is that there is absolutely no value to an end user in keeping their account to themselves. If you want to stop people from sharing their accounts, give them an incentive not to. This is not a difficult thing to do - I have a large number of accounts on different community sites which are used to contribute to discussions and manage my personal information. I would never dream of sharing those accounts with others - it would allow other people to impersonate me and damage my reputation. An account that only allows me to read content (a one-way interaction) is of no value to me, so why not share the account with others?

BugMeNot is not a new idea by any stretch of the imagination: shared accounts have existed for as long as sites have required registration for spurious reasons. For as long as I can remember, members of the MetaFilter community have worked together to set up username/password combinations of metafilter/metafilter on sites that require registration to bypass the irritation of setting up yet another account.

If you want to fight BugMeNot, the solution is to monitor the site and ban any accounts for your own site that appear there - but that's just fighting the symptoms. The core problem is the whole idea of registration itself: it's anti-web, anti-user, it doesn't scale and it's a sign of extreme short term thinking. Imagine if every site on the web required registration - no one would use it!

As a web user, I see registration as nothing more than an unnecessary irritation. Before BugMeNot I would simply hit "Back" whenever I saw a registration screen; now I use it to carry on through to the articles and accompanying ads. As a heavy web user who buys online almost as frequently as offline I'm exactly the kind of demographic sites should be trying to attract.

Reading the above a few days later, I think it still accurately represents my thoughts on the free registration model.

Adrian has also posted his thoughts on registration, which run along very similar lines to mine.

For a great example of the mentality behind registration, check out this sp iel from the Toronto Star (via Craig Saila):

Our main goal of asking you to become a registered member of thestar.com is to improve and enhance your online experience with us. Registration is an important piece of our long-term strategy in building a valuable audience for our advertisers and helping us in setting the priorities for future site development and enhancements.

[...]

By asking you to share some information with us we are able to increase the value of our site to advertisers, who help support the cost of producing one of Canada's top news sites, by offering them the ability to target their advertising messages based on the information you provide.

And that's the problem right there: as a user, the value proposition of having more targetted ads thrown at me just isn't a good enough incentive for me to jump through their hoops.

Online News Registration May Not Deliver
(AP)

Online News Registration May Not Deliver
(AP) 06/13/2004 04:56 PM
AP - Many online readers must complete registration forms with various kinds of personal data before seeing their virtual newspaper. The requirement has irked some readers and privacy advocates, led to the creation of Web sites to foil the system, and could be failing to provide the solid demographic information the system was intended to capture.

Online News Registration May Not Deliver

Online News Registration May Not Deliver 06/13/2004 06:34 PM
AP via Newsday Jun 13 2004 10:09PM GMT

Wired News: The News, One Entry at a
Time

Wired News: The News, One Entry at a
Time 04/20/2004 04:49 PM
how blogging has affected journalism .. The News, One Entry at a Time .. report

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Online News Sites registration
workarounds

Online News Sites registration
workarounds 07/20/2004 04:06 PM

I know what I do when I encounter a news site that requires registration I go elsewhere. Why do I want to entrust a news company with my personal demographic information when I can read the same story on a news site that does not require registration. Wired takes a look at sites offering ways to bypass site registration and Techdirt offers commentary on the sheer stupidity of news sites that hide their content from behind a login. [Wired] [Techdirt]

Simon Willison: News site registration

Simon Willison: News site registration 07/16/2004 11:57 PM
Simon Willison explains why BugMeNot is not the bad guy .. Why I Don't Register for News Sites .. To quote Krug: Don't make me think!

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Mercury News Starts User Registration

Mercury News Starts User Registration 04/14/2004 10:19 AM

My newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News, has started asking users of our site to register. Here's the FAQ explaining the whats and whys of this move.

News: Macworld Expo Boston registration
opens

News: Macworld Expo Boston registration
opens 04/05/2005 03:08 PM
IDG World Expo on Tuesday opened registration for this summer's Macworld Conference & Expo. Macworld takes place July 11-14, 2005 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Mass. Macworld Expo will feature the MacIT Conference, which will include, Mac OS X Troubleshooting, Mac OS X Management & Administration, Advanced User Topics and Servers and Services; Power Tools: two days of in-depth information and training on Mastering the Adobe Creative Suite, Mac OS X Server -- Advanced Concepts and Administration, How to Become a Mac OS X Power User and Advanced Macintosh Music Production; Users Conference: For anyone interested in, Mac OS, Digital Video, Music, Digital Photography and Creative Tools; and MacLabs: hands-on workshops on DVD Studio Pro, Photoshop and others.

Why Requiring Registration Does More
Harm Than Good For News Sites

Why Requiring Registration Does More
Harm Than Good For News Sites 02/12/2004 05:00 PM
We've been discussing news site registration lately, and Digital Deliverance has a piece where they explain why it's likely to backfire for almost all sites who try it. As we were just saying last week, sites that require registration and/or demographic info tend to get many fewer visitors and a ton of bogus data. As the Digital Deliverance piece points out, most sites aren't even doing anything with that dirty data - so it's completely useless. They're getting fewer visitors and bad data they don't even use for any reasonable purpose. This certainly doesn't help them get more advertising, but the fewer readers does mean they'll get less advertising. Doesn't seem like such a smart strategy - and yet more sites seem to be doing it every day.

Is Online Registration For News A Ploy
To Make Online News Look Bad?

Is Online Registration For News A Ploy
To Make Online News Look Bad? 09/17/2004 02:31 PM
These days, I very rarely agree with anything written by John C. Dvorak, who seems to be spending his time not really understanding what's happening in technology. However, his latest column has an interesting theory. We've been talking a lot about how many newspapers have a backwar ds thinking policy requiring registration just to read the same AP and Reuters stories everyone else has. The public claim is that they're doing this to give their advertisers more data about their visitors, but the amount of dirty data that goes into these databases suggests that doesn't make much sense -- and could get them in legal trouble. Others point out that online editions are really doing this to get email for the sake of selling their mailing lists to marketing spammers, which does make some sense, though isn't a particularly well thought-out strategy for long term success. Dvorak's take, however, is that newspapers are doing this to keep people out on purpose. The idea is that newspapers want to play down their online operations, to show that their paper editions are still much more important. He believes they don't want the online editions to be profitable, as that would mean serious changes for their business. If true, this is an incredibly stupid position, basically trying to convince themselves that news isn't moving online when it really is. It's even worse than just not believing what's happening -- it's working to screw up the data they use themselves in figuring out what's happening. Honestly, though, this seems unlikely. It would involve too much thought. It seems, more likely, that the push towards online registration is from newspapers who haven't really thought the issues through, but who think this will somehow pay off.

Dear Wired News/News.com

Dear Wired News/News.com 06/17/2005 03:38 PM
I would like to read the story about various Mac websites or periodicals dissing the Pentium in the past and then greeting today's announcement with excitement and glee. I don't have the time to look up those old articles myself, but it's a good way to get both the Mac-haters...

On the avoidance of harm...

On the avoidance of harm... 03/13/2003 10:16 AM

There's some fascinating stuff around about the relationship of depressive illness to strategies of harm avoidance:

Clinical depression is associated with two modulations occurring simultaneously and chronically, dysphoria and the generalized stress response. Dysphoria is a modulation that is part of the harm perception/avoidance axis. This is an emotion we all feel when we perceive a futility in our current behavior and experience disappointment. In contrast, we experience anger and aggression when the disappointment is perceived as being caused by an external source. When the disappointment causes dysphoria, the modulation shift increases behavioral inhibition, increases anticipation of harm, increases harm avoidance, increases introspection, decreases exploration of the environment, decreases reactivity to external stimuli, decreases appetite for food and decreases sexual appetite.

In short, it coordinates functions that allow us to retreat, introspect and to redirect our efforts in a more effective direction. In this instance, dysphoria facilitates adaptation to disappointment. [mentalheal thandillness.com]

I like that. Dysphoria faciliates adaptation to disappointment. Lots of interesting things fall out of investigations like these, but this sense of harm avoidance is the one that interests me most - that the depressive personality and the introverted personality are heavily connected. That the wallflower reacts to disappointment, attributed internally. Fascinating stuff.

Wired News

Wired News 12/18/2003 04:40 AM

Wired News: When a Gun Is More Than a
Gun

Wired News: When a Gun Is More Than a
Gun 03/21/2003 02:22 AM
Wired News: When a Gun Is More Than a Gun .. thermobaric ammunition .. this Wired story .. esta

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New web of rules to end avoidance of
inheritance tax

New web of rules to end avoidance of
inheritance tax 04/15/2005 11:30 PM
The Scotsman Apr 16 2005 2:07AM GMT

Tax Wealth's Avoidance of Combat

Tax Wealth's Avoidance of Combat 04/17/2005 04:21 AM
Wherein the author didactically submits his answer to the age-old question: "How much should the government pay you for threatening you with the draft?"

Wired News: XXXchurch Wants No More XXX

Wired News: XXXchurch Wants No More XXX 05/21/2004 07:08 AM
"You don't own me, masturbation!" .. XXXchurch Wants No More XXX .. Wired News .. More .. :

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Wired News: If You Come, They Will Build
It

Wired News: If You Come, They Will Build
It 02/18/2004 05:11 AM
If You Come, They Will Build It .. Wired-artikel .. is hot

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wired news on bl0gging the DNC

wired news on bl0gging the DNC 07/23/2004 01:18 PM
couple days old, but a fantastic piece and well worth reading

Wired News: What Your Clothes Say About
You

Wired News: What Your Clothes Say About
You 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
Benetton Plans To Weave Radio Frequency Id Chips Into Its Garments To Track Its Clothes Worldwide (Outrageous Invasion Of Privacy) .. concerned about consumer privacy .. What Your Clothes Say About You .. follow you around .. Snoopy clothing: .. Read it here .. more>

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Wired News: What, Me Register?

Wired News: What, Me Register? 08/05/2004 07:21 AM
Come 'n' listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed .. What, Me Register?

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Wired News: Now You, Too, Can Be a
Comedian

Wired News: Now You, Too, Can Be a
Comedian 03/26/2005 07:40 AM
a karaoke with stand-up comedy material .. Now You, Too, Can Be a Comedian

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Wired News: How the Word Gets Around

Wired News: How the Word Gets Around 05/08/2004 02:04 AM
Wired News: How the Word Gets Around

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Wired News: LAPD: We Know That Mug

Wired News: LAPD: We Know That Mug 12/28/2004 05:13 PM

Wired News goes XHTML

Wired News goes XHTML 10/16/2002 02:43 PM
The Wired News site has undergone a major renovation and now uses the latest XHTML and CSS specifications. The result is impressive (smaller pages that load faster, better conformance to the accessibility guidelines, simpler maintenance) yet partial: the pages of the site are not well formed XML.

'We the Media' Q&A in Wired news

'We the Media' Q&A in Wired news 08/11/2004 11:50 AM
Wired News' Xeni Jardin had a bunch of questions for me about the book, and I did my best to respond. You can find the Q&A here.

Wired News: We're All Journalists
Now

Wired News: We're All Journalists
Now 08/12/2004 04:21 AM
We're All Journalists Now (Wired)

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Wired News: Predicting the Next Big One

Wired News: Predicting the Next Big One 01/10/2004 06:11 AM
Predicting the Next Big One

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Wired News: We're All Journalists Now

Wired News: We're All Journalists Now 08/13/2004 09:48 PM

Wired News: It's Just the 'internet' Now

Wired News: It's Just the 'internet' Now 08/17/2004 03:14 PM

Wired News: It's Just the
'internet' Now

Wired News: It's Just the
'internet' Now 08/17/2004 09:01 AM
Wired will no longer capitalize internet, web or net .. It's Just the 'internet' Now .. uncapitalize .. Wired

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New jury-duty avoidance tool: The Web

New jury-duty avoidance tool: The Web 08/02/2004 09:48 AM
Chicago Tribune Aug 2 2004 12:31PM GMT

Wired News: Vaporware: Nuke 'Em if
Ya Got 'Em

Wired News: Vaporware: Nuke 'Em if
Ya Got 'Em 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
Vaporware: Nuke 'Em if Ya Got 'Em .. Wired's Annual Vaporware Awards .. premios al Vaporware .. vaporware .. Wired

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Wired News: Are You Ready for Some
Science?

Wired News: Are You Ready for Some
Science? 12/20/2003 05:03 AM
Finally, a reason for Catcher Chad to watch TV again. No, MTV has not switched to a new All-Zeppelin format .. Are You Ready for Some Science? .. Making Science Sexy

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Wired News: The Son of Patriot Act Also
Rises

Wired News: The Son of Patriot Act Also
Rises 06/15/2004 01:47 AM
The Son of Patriot Act Also Rises

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Wired News: Vaporware: Nuke 'Em if Ya
Got 'Em

Wired News: Vaporware: Nuke 'Em if Ya
Got 'Em 01/22/2004 02:49 AM

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Why Online Newspapers Require
Registration: Spam

Why Online Newspapers Require
Registration: Spam 09/20/2004 01:24 PM
Last week we wrote about John C. Dvorak's belief that newspapers are adding registration to make themselves believe that their paper business isn't really threatened by the web, and Rich Skrenta at Topix has picked up on this idea and explained the two big reasons why newspapers require registration. The first one agrees with Dvorak, suggesting a typical Innovator's Dilemma response (basically, subconsciously denying that this new medium could be a threat, and acting in ways that make the new medium look worse to themselves, rather than thinking about ways to embrace it). The second, however, is the main reason most sites require registration: spam. Direct mail marketing companies are offering ridiculous ($300 CPM) fees for email lists of registered newspaper readers for spam purposes. Never mind the fact that many of those email addresses are bogus dirty data, the newspapers see cash from spam. This isn't, as they claim, about having more detailed demographic info to "more accurately target advertising," but about having your email address to sell to spammers. Once again, BugMeNot becomes a useful anti-spam tool. It seems hard to believe selling email addresses to spammers could be a successful long-term business strategy.

Newspapers riding out complaints over
online registration

Newspapers riding out complaints over
online registration 06/13/2004 05:57 AM
Presstelegram.com - Sun Jun 13, 08:46 am GMT

Online newspapers tempt readers

Online newspapers tempt readers 06/01/2004 10:35 AM
A boom in the consumption of news online is a sign of hope in challenging year for the world's newspapers.

Newspapers sponsor online auction

Newspapers sponsor online auction 07/20/2004 06:00 AM
Cordeledispatch.com - Tue Jul 20, 06:43 am GMT

Online Newspapers: We Don't Need No
Stinkin' Login

Online Newspapers: We Don't Need No
Stinkin' Login 07/21/2004 09:42 AM
Wired Magazine .. artigo .. Wired

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Search the newspapers, ask your
brother-in-law - or go online

Search the newspapers, ask your
brother-in-law - or go online 03/24/2005 05:08 AM
InternetRetailer.com Mar 24 2005 6:06AM GMT

Newspapers sponsoring Bid Click &
Buy online auction

Newspapers sponsoring Bid Click &
Buy online auction 07/20/2004 06:00 AM
Valdostadailytimes.com - Tue Jul 20, 06:08 am GMT

Poynter Online - Forecast 2005: For
Newspapers, Competition Too Big to
Ignore

Poynter Online - Forecast 2005: For
Newspapers, Competition Too Big to
Ignore 01/05/2005 04:16 PM

PCC Continues Its Online Registration

PCC Continues Its Online Registration 08/19/2004 06:05 AM
Theledger.com - Thu Aug 19, 10:18 am GMT

Online registration making the grade

Online registration making the grade 09/26/2004 07:01 AM
Sun-sentinel.com - Sun Sep 26, 07:42 am GMT

Online registration begins for Gitex
2004

Online registration begins for Gitex
2004 07/17/2004 06:26 AM
Khaleejtimes.com - Sat Jul 17, 08:06 am GMT

2700 renew vehicle registration online

2700 renew vehicle registration online 09/27/2004 07:30 AM
Stuff.co.nz - Mon Sep 27, 05:29 am GMT

Industry Games: Online registration
problem solved

Industry Games: Online registration
problem solved 06/24/2005 03:08 PM
Travelbiz.com.au - Fri Jun 24, 07:28 am GMT

eRSVP Releases MAX v1.5 Online Events
Registration Solution

eRSVP Releases MAX v1.5 Online Events
Registration Solution 07/12/2004 02:21 AM
eRSVP, a pioneer in the online events registration industry, releases the latest & greatest version of its advanced online software solution for professional meeting and events planners - eRSVP Max v1.5. New features provide enhanced e-business security, enable new client revenue streams, improve productivity and ease of use. [PRWEB Jul 12, 2004]

Knight Ridder Digital Chooses eMeta to
Enable Online Registration

Knight Ridder Digital Chooses eMeta to
Enable Online Registration 07/02/2004 04:53 AM
Econtentmag.com - Fri Jul 2, 07:10 am GMT

Ets and Thomson Prometric Launch
International Online Registration for
Computer-Based Toefl and Gre General Te

Ets and Thomson Prometric Launch
International Online Registration for
Computer-Based Toefl and Gre General Te 05/10/2004 08:22 PM
PA News via The Scotsman Online May 11 2004 0:05AM GMT

Insight StrikeFinder Digital Weather
Avoidance

Insight StrikeFinder Digital Weather
Avoidance 08/20/2004 08:05 AM

By detecting and processing electrical activity from lightning strikes, the Insight StrikeFinder helps pilots to avoid dangerous weather that can turn a small aircraft into a aluminum coffin. Compiling and interpolating data from thousands of strikes "gleaned from the background noise," the StrikeFinder lets pilots determine if that impending storm cloud is really as dangerous as it might seem, preventing unnecessary detours that might take them unnecessarily off course.

The StrikeFinder is available in two models - the new model with an ultra-bright LED display can be had for just $4,700, while the original models are a relative bargain at $3,900. (Thanks, Rob!)

R ead - Catalog Page [AircraftSpruce]

The Future of Newspapers

The Future of Newspapers 12/31/2004 11:04 AM
Blogs and the Web may hurt or change newspapers.

Newspapers eye new technology

Newspapers eye new technology 04/22/2004 08:00 PM
globetechnology.com Apr 23 2004 0:41AM GMT

Cox & Forkum: C&F In Newspapers!

Cox & Forkum: C&F In Newspapers! 07/24/2004 01:15 PM
Cox & Forkum have been published in the Detroit News

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Craigslist vs. the Newspapers

Craigslist vs. the Newspapers 12/28/2004 09:37 AM

Repor t: Craigslist costing newspapers millions: Interesting information on the phenomenon that is CraigsList . I wonder how long until the newspapers file a lawsuit for unfair competition?

Free community Web site Craigslist has cost San Francisco Bay Area newspapers up to $65 million in employment advertising revenue, according to a report released Monday.

Craigslist, which generates more than 1 billion page-views each month, also has cost the newspapers millions more in merchandise and real estate advertising, and has damaged other traditional classified advertising businesses, according to a report published by Classified Intelligence.

Wired News Discovers The Tools Of Registration Avoidance