Bypass registrations

March 9, 2004 1:32 PM

A useful service has been provided for those annoying registration websites (ie NyTimes). I'm sure many of you will appreciate it. (my first post, dont hurt me)
posted by spidre (20 comments total)

Nice post, spidre, and not a double.

Though it has been mentioned before...
posted by trharlan at 1:35 PM on March 9, 2004

Link won't open...[whips spidre with a wet noodle]
I'll come back; maybe high traffic?
posted by thomcatspike at 1:40 PM on March 9, 2004

Opens for me. Very nice. Thanks.
posted by soyjoy at 2:11 PM on March 9, 2004

::notices link to bugmenot.com posted by spidre::

::giggles uncontrollably::

While it is usually my policy to squash any spiders AND bugs that come too close, I'll spare the poster for today.
posted by wendell at 2:22 PM on March 9, 2004

hahaha oh man!

you my friend, are sharp. :)
posted by spidre at 2:24 PM on March 9, 2004

Who's going to offer their MeFi login? There's a throng of Monkeyfilter users just waiting to make their mark here. [Pause for effect.] Haha. Just kidding.

Monkey in the middle, monkey in the middle.
posted by eatitlive at 2:29 PM on March 9, 2004

Love it! Great link, spidre.
posted by LittleMissCranky at 3:17 PM on March 9, 2004

Why do so many people feel like they are entitled to free content? The New York Times is not free, why should their online news be free? You can't spare your email address for some of the best news writing on the planet?
posted by fried at 3:41 PM on March 9, 2004

*joins angry MeFi mob, on general principle*
posted by matteo at 3:46 PM on March 9, 2004

It would be nice if you could view a list of the sites that have been "liberated".
posted by dgaicun at 4:07 PM on March 9, 2004

some of the best news writing on the planet?


*snickers*
posted by trondant at 5:41 PM on March 9, 2004

Good site -- good link -- useful . Thanks.
posted by davidmsc at 5:46 PM on March 9, 2004

The New York Times is not free, why should their online news be free? You can't spare your email address for some of the best news writing on the planet?

I think it's mostly the irritation factor. They don't just want your email. They want all kinds of demographics. Which, I suppose, is fine as well. But if you leave anything blank, it dumps you right back to the registration page. And if you clear your browser's cookie-cache, or upgrade your browser, or use different computers, you have to enter all that crap again. It's annoying when you just want to read a single article.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 6:04 PM on March 9, 2004

fantastic. i'm glad some of you have found a use for it.

a successful first post i'd dare to think. :)
posted by spidre at 7:55 PM on March 9, 2004

Long ago metafilter was the place to go for the newest on the web. Now metafilter links are posted a month after they've appeared on its very own metatalk.

My the times have changed.
posted by justgary at 8:00 PM on March 9, 2004

Hush up grandpa.
posted by smackfu at 8:15 PM on March 9, 2004

Ha, I love how the site that enables you to bypass registrations uses that "type the number you see below" thing that is supposed to prevent....automatic registrations.
posted by h00dini at 9:45 PM on March 9, 2004

that is funny....
posted by dabitch at 2:03 AM on March 10, 2004

But can it get past a porn login?
posted by LoopSouth at 10:58 AM on March 10, 2004

that's exactly what i was wondering, loopsouth.
posted by joedan at 2:55 PM on March 10, 2004