some guy who uses the same journal script that I use, posted about Comments vs Forums for his readers. I posted about what I did this past weekend, adding the forums for anyone who is interested in further discussion about any of the journal topics. Fly bys can just comment, then leave, no reason to register or take it further.
Then he says that the problem with the fly bys is that he doesn’t get their email addressed to send them site updates and information. What?
My little head voice started screaming “SPAMMER! SPAMMER!” I posted back that personally the only kind of email I like is the email that gives me a delivery schedule for something I’ve ordered. “News” or “site info” emails are unwanted and filtered directly to trash. I don’t want them and I won’t read them. Then a moderator followed up with pretty much the same sentiment I had. I can just imagine all of the webmasters who read his post thinking the same thing.
It came down to email harvesting, was my gut feeling.