Re: on writing subject lines (Was: Re: Recent spam on comp.lang.c)

From	kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c, comp.misc
Subject	Re: on writing subject lines (Was: Re: Recent spam on comp.lang.c)
Date	2023-12-04 23:46 +0000
Organization	Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
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On 12/3/23 10:39, Lew Pitcher wrote:
> 
> Even worse, these modern interfaces often /force/ people to post,
> inundating the medium with trivial chatter. ("You don't have anything to
> say? Too bad; you need to post /something/ in order to keep your account
> open.")

You are not the customer.  You are the product.  Forcing people to post
to keep their account open means more traffic, and traffic is money.
--scott

-- 
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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on writing subject lines (Was: Re: Recent spam on comp.lang.c) Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2023-12-03 13:01 -0300
  Re: on writing subject lines (Was: Re: Recent spam on comp.lang.c) Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2023-12-03 16:39 +0000
    Re: on writing subject lines Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2023-12-03 14:05 -0300
    Re: on writing subject lines (Was: Re: Recent spam on comp.lang.c) candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net> - 2023-12-03 14:42 -0600
      Re: on writing subject lines (Was: Re: Recent spam on comp.lang.c) kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2023-12-04 23:46 +0000
        Re: on writing subject lines (Was: Re: Recent spam on comp.lang.c) Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2023-12-05 14:53 -0300
          Re: on writing subject lines Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2023-12-05 15:25 -0300
            Re: on writing subject lines scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-12-05 19:33 +0000
  Re: on writing subject lines (Was: Re: Recent spam on comp.lang.c) Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2023-12-03 21:29 +0000
    Re: on writing subject lines Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2023-12-04 20:34 -0300
      Re: on writing subject lines Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2023-12-05 14:18 -0600
        Re: on writing subject lines Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2023-12-05 18:22 -0300
          Re: on writing subject lines scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-12-05 21:36 +0000
            Re: on writing subject lines Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2023-12-05 15:46 -0600
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