February 17, 2004
Just Say No
For years now (at least it seems that way), the Washington Post's website has had a registration form that you had to fill out if you wanted to read their articles. The form was annoying but relatively harmless: it did not ask for name, only year of birth, zipcode, and gender. And it provided examples of each ("1965", "20817"). So every time I encountered this form, I dutifully told the Post that I was born in 1965 and live in the 20817 zip code. Just like, I'm sure, most other Post readers.I guess the Post finally realized it's simply too coincidental that so many people live in the 20817 zip code and were born in 1965. So now they've upped the ante.
Want to read a Post story? Fine. But first, these words:
Sorry, ain't gonna "submit" to your new registration. It's just not worth it.
Posted by brian at February 17, 2004 08:32 AM
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I dutifully filled out the annoying form. The Post must be surprised that one of its most faithful online readers is an Albanian woman born in 1905. But she has a completely bogus email address. Good luck to the Post's crack marketing team in finding "her".
P.S. -- You should only have to register once for each computer. If you must fill it out each time, then you may need to change your firewall or ad-blocking software for this site.
Posted by: Bradley Fikes at February 23, 2004 08:15 PMI hate The Washington Post Online site as well. Some privacy blocker on my computer makes it so I have to fill out the form over and over. I'd rather leave the privacy blocks in place, and not visit the Washington Post.
Oh, I can read it at my mom's house...she's registered, and somewhere in her 'puter her personal info/Post info is permanently etched ;)
Posted by: toni at April 18, 2004 04:39 PMI too have to fill in the annoying form everytime i log in
Posted by: niks at June 4, 2004 12:06 AMBugmenot.com has login information for many of the newspaper sites that require free registration.
Posted by: Jason at June 29, 2004 12:50 PM