One more thing… Your blood

One more thing… Your blood type, please
: Glenn Reynolds whines about sites requiring registration. I agree. He’s not saying it’s all bad; he understands we folks have to make the money to buy our suits; he’s primarily complaining about sites that ask you two dozen dumb questions (to which you will give two dozen lying replies) and then still give you a bad site. When you get right down to it, some sites need to know just a kernel of information to serve ads more efficiently (and thus make money). A local site needs to know where you’re from (thus what content and ads you need to see). A b-to-b site wants to know that you’re in the industry. A little goes a long way.

2 responses to “One more thing… Your blood”

  1. Jim Treacher Avatar

    I just wonder if these sites really think they have that many readers in the 90210 zip code.

  2. Elvis X Avatar

    I’ve got an addition to his list: use e-mail addresses for identification, NOT usernames. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wondered, “is my username at this site eric592, ejacob10, or stumplicker?”