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

    From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to Lew Pitcher on Mon Dec 4 23:46:37 2023
    XPost: comp.lang.c

    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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