List: Someone, I can't remember who, objected on the list last week to the registration requirement for the Startribune.com web site. I'm not sure that's a Mpls. issue, but it warrants a response. I find registration to be a bother, too. But here's an explanation from the guy who runs our online operation, including a way to beat the system.
Steve Brandt/Star Tribune Startribune.com's new registration process will be familiar to anyone who has visited nytimes.com, chicagotribune.com, latimes.com, etc. It's becoming an industry standard. Right now, we know virtually nothing about our visitors. Advertisers won't pay much for access to an anonymous Web audience, no matter how large. Registration allows us to segment our audience and deliver focused e-mail messages (travel deals, shopping coupons) to customers who explicitly ask for them. Our anti-spam pledge and privacy policy (www.startribune.com/privacy) guarantee that we will not deliver advertising messages to those who don't want them, nor will we sell, rent our lend our list to anyone. Technical stuff: The login/registration prompt is designed to appear only when a visitor has looked at a set number of pages. Right now that threshold is set high, to make sure our technology holds up under the load. Eventually the threshold will be 2, which means a visitor can look at 2 startribune.com pages in a 24-hour period without registering or logging in. If you have any questions or comments about registration, please submit them via our feedback page, www.startribune.com/feedback, or write or call me (612-673-7187 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Ben Welter editor, startribune.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
