It's not porn, is it?
I don't normally comment on other media Web sites. God knows, we have our own issues. But on the WFMY news tonight, as one of the station's series of news segments on the station's new Web site, their reporter was explaining the registration form. She said the station's asks for your year of birth so that "we know that you're old enough to use the site."
Well. That's a new one on me. I've always understood you ask the birth year for demographic information (for marketing).
She didn't say what the acceptable age range is.
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Well. That's a new one on me. I've always understood you ask the birth year for demographic information (for marketing).
She didn't say what the acceptable age range is.*JR
Don't worry! Help is on the way to fight internet porn. Wait until they ask for your micro-chip bar code. Should you refuse to give that information. The station manager will simply access your Kroger Card and pass on that information to Homeland Security who has it already.
Posted on August 22, 2007 8:54 PM
JR.
"is not pron is it?"
Well, if it is pron maybe the news paper and the tv stations wouldn't need to go through redesign every couple of years and we wouldn't have to worry about our job securities.
Posted on August 23, 2007 3:00 PM
It is useful demographic information, but it's also to cover your bases legally. You can't collect information from children under the age of 13. That's why virtually every site asks for age.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.shtm
Posted on August 25, 2007 1:22 AM