Well, my first attempt at saying anything of note in the vast cyber-ocean and it turns out to be a rant....how rude.
To be blunt, and why be other, what is the point in asking so many ridiculous questions whenever you wish to join somewhere online (if you want to enter a competition you have to disclose your mother's date of conception).
I wanted to join here to write a few snippets, and i have to make sure everyone knows my name, email address, date of birth, home address and god knows what else....do they check that I am actually 73 years old?? Will someone come knocking on my door?
"Excuse me sir, you don't look 73 years old, in fact, you look rather younger...did you perchance commit an untruth upon your application?"
"No i'm 73"
"I'm afraid I don't believe you"
"Don't be afraid, just F*$k off"
I know the Marketing Gods need their ritual sacrifice of mundane data to keep the people they master from drooling into their tea, but surely if i click "Dont share my details" then this renders the whole 10 minutes of my life utterly pointless.....unless.....no.....people don't really share my details without my permission do they???
No i trust the good elves of the Internet to respect my privacy, what is the world without trust?
One final thought though on the whole signing up procedure.....and that is regarding word verification. Now, it occurs to me, that you couldn't use any of the words that are generated in a word verification check in Scrabble. Surely that is the ultimate test of whether a word is valid or not? Not only are they practically illegible (why ask me to type it when you turn it upside down and obscure it with wiggly lines? Krypton Factor yes, Internet sign-up no) but, by definition, they aren't words. Since when did words contain numbers?
Hey ho, minor details, but sufficient to initiate my first ever blog.....hurrah for me!
