Their sole purpose is to target the subset of weirdos who, when they walk by plain text on an otherwise blank screen, actually have to stop and read it :-)
"The ringing, squawking, flashing screens that pitch such a fit as you walk by actually have a name. They're called "attract mode," and their sole purpose is to make you stop and drop the first of many quarters into their slots."
*gulp*
Oh. Busted. :-D
Their sole purpose is to target the subset of weirdos who, when they walk by plain text on an otherwise blank screen, actually have to stop and read it :-)
John, why are your excerpted article posts so addictive? ;-)
"The ringing, squawking, flashing screens that pitch such a fit as you walk by actually have a name. They're called "attract mode," and their sole purpose is to make you stop and drop the first of many quarters into their slots."
Salon's Machinist, Why is Facebook so addictive?, by Denise Caruso, August 7, 2008