All those free hosts with forum posting requirements.

I was surprised the other day when looking for a PHP host that there
are still many free hosting services. More than ever, in fact. But
there's a catch with many (that seems reasonable, considering it still
doesn't cost anything moneywise). You have to post messages to their
forums.

Why is that? I found some dozen or so that offered hosting as long as
you post messages. Something's afoot, methinks. What does the host
get out of all those messages? How do they benefit?

<glakk@potatoradio.f2s.com> wrote in message
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:I was surprised the other day when looking for a PHP host that there
: are still many free hosting services. More than ever, in fact. But
: there's a catch with many (that seems reasonable, considering it still
: doesn't cost anything moneywise). You have to post messages to their
: forums.
:
: Why is that? I found some dozen or so that offered hosting as long as
: you post messages. Something's afoot, methinks. What does the host
: get out of all those messages? How do they benefit?

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