Comments on: New York Times’ sleazy walled garden pseudo membership: Register for FREE to see our articles. Registered? Oh, THAT article isn’t free, that’s a PAID article but now we have your membership information. http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/04/02/new-york-times-sleazy-walled-garden-pseudo-membership-register-for-free-to-see-our-articles-registered-oh-that-article-isnt-free-thats-a-paid-article-but-now-we-have-your-membership-informa/ Business • Technology • Society • Environment Sun, 16 May 2010 21:41:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/04/02/new-york-times-sleazy-walled-garden-pseudo-membership-register-for-free-to-see-our-articles-registered-oh-that-article-isnt-free-thats-a-paid-article-but-now-we-have-your-membership-informa/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Anonymous Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:50:00 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/04/02/new-york-times-sleazy-walled-garden-pseudo-membership-register-for-free-to-see-our-articles-registered-oh-that-article-isnt-free-thats-a-paid-article-but-now-we-have-your-membership-informa/#comment-180 Hi Troy, If you have gone through the trouble of registering then check out our article in the NYT today. :) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/technology/techspecial4/05nasa.html Also available here: http://www.snowstar.ca/uploadedFiles/1144264357875-8876.pdf Hi Troy,

If you have gone through the trouble of registering then check out our article in the NYT today. :)

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/technology/techspecial4/05nasa.html

Also available here:

http://www.snowstar.ca/uploadedFiles/1144264357875-8876.pdf

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/04/02/new-york-times-sleazy-walled-garden-pseudo-membership-register-for-free-to-see-our-articles-registered-oh-that-article-isnt-free-thats-a-paid-article-but-now-we-have-your-membership-informa/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Anonymous Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:07:00 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/04/02/new-york-times-sleazy-walled-garden-pseudo-membership-register-for-free-to-see-our-articles-registered-oh-that-article-isnt-free-thats-a-paid-article-but-now-we-have-your-membership-informa/#comment-179 Thanks Jordy, I just might use that line in the future. I like it! Thanks Jordy, I just might use that line in the future. I like it!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/04/02/new-york-times-sleazy-walled-garden-pseudo-membership-register-for-free-to-see-our-articles-registered-oh-that-article-isnt-free-thats-a-paid-article-but-now-we-have-your-membership-informa/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Anonymous Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:04:00 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/04/02/new-york-times-sleazy-walled-garden-pseudo-membership-register-for-free-to-see-our-articles-registered-oh-that-article-isnt-free-thats-a-paid-article-but-now-we-have-your-membership-informa/#comment-178 That's why anytime you link to a NYT article you have to put the disclaimer: "Free Registration Required". Alternatively, "Deceptively Tortuous Free Registration Required" works as well. That’s why anytime you link to a NYT article you have to put the disclaimer: “Free Registration Required”. Alternatively, “Deceptively Tortuous Free Registration Required” works as well.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/04/02/new-york-times-sleazy-walled-garden-pseudo-membership-register-for-free-to-see-our-articles-registered-oh-that-article-isnt-free-thats-a-paid-article-but-now-we-have-your-membership-informa/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Anonymous Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:41:00 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/04/02/new-york-times-sleazy-walled-garden-pseudo-membership-register-for-free-to-see-our-articles-registered-oh-that-article-isnt-free-thats-a-paid-article-but-now-we-have-your-membership-informa/#comment-177 Funny Jim. As you can see, I'm using "relative integrity" which means I'm free to lie to them to get in the door because I believe their walled garden is inappropriate and they are now low-integrity. Or....maybe they're just more clever than me...... Hmmmm...... Come and see my next talk titled, "How to get people to sign up withOUT having to actually give them any data!" :-) Funny Jim. As you can see, I’m using “relative integrity” which means I’m free to lie to them to get in the door because I believe their walled garden is inappropriate and they are now low-integrity. Or….maybe they’re just more clever than me……

Hmmmm……

Come and see my next talk titled, “How to get people to sign up withOUT having to actually give them any data!” :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/04/02/new-york-times-sleazy-walled-garden-pseudo-membership-register-for-free-to-see-our-articles-registered-oh-that-article-isnt-free-thats-a-paid-article-but-now-we-have-your-membership-informa/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Anonymous Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:08:00 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/2006/04/02/new-york-times-sleazy-walled-garden-pseudo-membership-register-for-free-to-see-our-articles-registered-oh-that-article-isnt-free-thats-a-paid-article-but-now-we-have-your-membership-informa/#comment-176 hey...which action in the following was "slimy and low-integrity" - yours or their's? "I traded you my mostly fake information in order to get that stupid article. And you tricked me" ...jus' wonderin'... ;-) hey…which action in the following was “slimy and low-integrity” – yours or their’s?

“I traded you my mostly fake information in order to get that stupid article. And you tricked me”

…jus’ wonderin’… ;-)

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