This is a funny initiative, but really, who gives accurate information to these sites in the first place? The Trib and the Times probably know about us since we subscribe to the dead-tree edition, the remainder of these papers already think I'm a 97 year old from Boise.
BoingBoing: Pledge to poison a registration database this November 13!The BugMeNot people are calling for an International Database Poisoning Day this November 13, and are collecting pledges to register an account with fake details at one of several major, registration-required news websites:
We, the undersigned, wish to demonstrate the pointless nature of forced web site registration schemes and the dubious demographic data they collect.On November 13th we will each register an account using fake details at one or more of these top 10 offending sites:
www.nytimes.comwww.washingtonpost.com
www.latimes.com
www.ajc.com
www.chicagotribune.com
www.dallasnews.com
www.nypost.com
www.baltimoresun.com
www.philly.com
www.mercurynews.com
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