MemeMachineGo!

One of my favorite web resources, Bug Me Not (even better with Firefox and its BugMeNot extension), has instituted a new registration policy.

To help us create a “better online experience” for our visitors we require certain types of users to register.

If you are an employee, partner, affiliate or legal representative of any site which enforces compulsory user registration than we require you to complete our registration process. It costs nothing to register and will only take a moment.

Registration must be completed prior to using any resource of bugmenot.com including viewing pages or emailing the site operators. Failure to do so constitutes a breach of our Terms of Use and non-authorization to use this site. Our server logs don’t lie. […]

What percentage of sites do you visit that require registration?

What percentage would you be comfortable with?

Do you completely trust your personal information to all these sites?

How do you determine what sites to trust and not to trust?

Do you consider privacy a commodity?

If so, what worth (in US dollars) would you place on your own privacy:

Would you be willing to have an RFID chip inserted under your skin in exchange for a free, 12 month newspaper subscription?

What if we told you that you couldn’t access news unless you agreed?

Explain how we can verify the information you enter in this form is correct:

Explain how a search engine like Google would function if no content was publicly accessible:

[I saved this entry a month ago and apparently accidentally never posted it.]

(Via Boing Boing)