“To help us keep wbir.com available to all users free of charge, please answer the following questions.” Seriously? When I can get my news from Knox’d, Knoxnews, WATE, Oak Ridger or any other local outlet, why would I take the time to fill out a survey for WBIR?
Stop telling everyone how to churn butter and learn how to utilize your user registration system more efficiently.
8:34 am on May 12th, 2008
In addition, I’ve been thoroughly unimpressed by their “redesign.” All of the site’s disparate design elements work together to present a unified front of distraction. Anytime I happen to click there, it takes a second for me to gather my senses so that I’m able to click away to “greener pastures.”
9:05 am on May 12th, 2008
Ah, the joys of incremental data collection. This is a system similar to the one used by washingtonpost.com and oregonlive.com. Both are annoying as hell, but I understand the premise (get information without the user actually registering).
The sad thing is they don’t offer the user any information about how their data will be used.