Hello Peter, On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:13:27 +0100 GMT (24/12/2004, 03:13 +0700 GMT), Peter Fjelsten wrote:
PF> I simply do not get why people would want to get bombarded with ads in a PF> potentially privacy infringing environment when you can get your own PF> domain with e-mail for very few money. It's a marketing technique. If you get "invited" by a friend, you are more likely to subscribe and use that service than if they openend it for free registration on their website. You trust your friend, so you implicitely trust the product, and since it is not open but you need an invite, you feel like a member of an exclusive club. You also use the new email address with pride (so it's not like with many Yahoo addresses that never get used), and you actively invite other people thus pushing the product further. Gmail doesn't need to advertise, you do it all for them. Marketing has many aspects from psychology. -- Cheers, Thomas. I don't know the answer to the question you posted, but I think someone asked this question 18 years ago on the net. Don't remember if it got answered. Hope this helps! Message reply created with The Bat! 3.0.2.4 Rush under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
