You may have read me saying that somewhere in the past. . . . .  But damnit!  The D&C sucks sweaty camel nads!

I’m sorry.  That came out all wrong.  What I meant to say was that your online edition’s content management is about as useful as tits on a bull.

In the interest of being more constructive, let me add the following:

1. I don’t want to fill out your stupid, piece of shit questionnaire.  I didn’t ask to, I didn’t want to, you just shoved it in my face and prevented me from getting to the article I wanted to read.  It’s bad enough to put advertisements in as landing pages, or use popups, but at least I understand the compulsion to make advertising revenue.
2. Ask software writers (especially of the SpyWare variety) and they’ll tell you: when you force people to fill out forms to get to content, they’ll type in any old thing to get past them.  We’ll just keep clicking “Next, Next, Next” to get past it because we have no personal investment in your survey or whatever. You cannot rely on the information to be accurate, and in fact, there are some assholes out there (me) who will intentionally fill out bad information to piss you off.
3. And say!  Here’s a tip: if you’re going to piss people off like this, you might at least check to find out whether the page they want to get to is actually there or not.  It’s bad enough to find missing content on your antiquated CMS.  It’s bad enough to have to fill out forms like I’m buying fertilizer and copper wire at the same store.  But to have to fill out the forms only to get this is just maddening:

Democrat & Chronicle:

We’re sorry!

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Oh, well, fuck you very much!  I really don’t appreciate it! You’re sorry!

Actually, I’ll confess I don’t really think you’re all that sorry. If you were, you would long-since have improved your content, but you have not.

Hugs and kisses,
DragonFlyEye

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