Re: UKNM: old chestnuts: upfront registration

[Clay Shirky]

> It's called common sense, Clay. (I don't have statistics to back it up, but

> I think I can say with a high level of confidence that a 'great majority' of

> people will be unwilling to have their home phone number scrawled on a

> toilet wall - or be poked in the eye with a burnt stick.)


I have no doubt that you believe every word you say, but I also have

no doubt that you have no idea what you are talking about, because

user behavior is far too vast a space for your common sense to make

much of a dent. Stef specifically asked for something more than

vaporous guesses from people who hadn't done any research, but you

seem not to have read that far into his post.


> You're absolutely right, Clay. By not searching for someone else's opinion

> and instead voicing my own I have revealed myself to be a completely lazy

> sod and of little value to an open discussion.


Right.


Stef wasn't asking for opinions, he was asking for documentation of

observed behavior. Your opinions about copywriting, or the business

climate in the UK, or what life is like at designercity are all areas

where your opinion has real and direct relevance, but since you not

only haven't done any homework concerning user behavior but have also

voiced nothing but contempt for those who have, you are correct in

noting that you have provided little of value to an open discussion.


-clay 

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