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Wednesday, March 24, 2004  Annoyance of the day  Grrrrrrr. Philly.com now requires registration; not just "gender, year of birth, and zip code," either, but actual real-name–and–street-address crap. Bastards. I'll register for the New York Times, fine; but Philly.com? Puh-leeze. I know, it doesn't take much time, but still: It takes time. It's another "no, you can't just click, you've got to stop and type and remember your password" annoyance. (Making it, for one thing, harder to surreptitiously go online during work: that's several extra seconds of visible browser time and typing noise.) And I don't like registering for things. I don't like having an e-mail address, let alone a real address, roaming around the Internet without me. I don't like being used for market research or helping them get ad revenue or whatever the hell else they're doing with it. The bastards. And besides, now I bet Fark.com won't accept Philly.com links. Grrr snarl snap humph bite me. [ at 9:54 AM • by Abby • permalink •   ]

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