A lot of sites now want you to register. They figure that they deserve it since you are not buying magazines or newspapers any more.
Here are a standard set of registration comeons
As a member, you can enjoy:
Notice that they call you a member instead of chump, idiot, or moron with an internet connection. Whereas a certain percentage may be morons, they would have to track it, and when they saw how many there are, would get depressed, and have to let go of the more literate contributors, as small words work better.
- Access to the BlahBlah network, including BlahBlah.com, Blah.mn and BBlahBlah.mn.
- A customizeable BlahBlah.com home page.
- Chances to win prizes in contests.
- Discussions with other members.
- Newsletters and alerts in your inbox or on your mobile phone.
- Discounts and offers from our advertisers.
What they don’t tell you up front is how loaded with cookies and tracking mechanisms, that their site has. In addition to the counting they may do, but trying to find anyone on these sites that know what a logfile is, how to use it, or doing the icky stuff like answering email.
But being in bed with every ad server, advertiser, or data collector with a checkbook.
Great! Now you get yet another opportunity to jam yourself into yet another box, based on age, gender, political party, and/or boxers or briefs.
Shit left over from advertisers who can’t pay the bill for the ad campaign that the sales department sold them on, and so they are trading it out in a last ditch effort, before liquidation, or model year end.
Yes! You too can have your very own soapbox in your custom internet echo chamber. Sort of like talk radio without noise.
More crap in your mail box, as they know that you are interested in their offers, because you have a pulse.
See above on Prizes.