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> Y'all know we used to publish everybody's phone number in a book along with their address and then distribute copies to every household, right? By user choic
by throwaway2245 6y ago
> Y'all know we used to publish everybody's phone number in a book along with their address and then distribute copies to every household, right?
By user choice. You had to register your phone number and address to be in that book.
It was immediately obvious to everyone what was going on: everybody received the same complete book of information and knew how that was published, with at least a system of opting-out (it was always opt-in, from what I remember).
- eli 6y agoNo, it was opt out. You had to pay not to be listed.
- throwaway2245 6y agoThat depends on when and where. Like I said, phone books were evident to everyone because they saw the consequence. That's not a good comparison here.