Comments on: Registration Resistance http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2005/08/30/Registration-Resistance/ LOCAL MEDIA WATCH. The Nexus of All Things Local Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: Nathan Ostgard http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2005/08/30/Registration-Resistance/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-384 You're definitely correct here, especially about the news sites. The news sites are just now beginning to adopt the mentality that comes with "web 2.0", or whatever they're calling it these days. Just 6-12 months ago, it was very rare to see major news sites with RSS feeds – now it's hard to find one without a feed.

The biggest problem with their registration is that they are asking for something to be done for them before they have any perceived value to the user. I've rarely seen someone complain about entering information to post on a forum or comment on a blog. They should stop forcing people to register just to view content, and just require it for further interaction.

Editorials have always been popular in the print newspapers – why not provide online articles with direct commenting ability, as other online publishing formats do? It could be interesting to see how something like that would affect a user's responsiveness.

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