People do read, and some likely thought twice about clicking "Continue", and did not post because of the ridiculous license. If it happened too frequently, CL might have noticed a dip in posts.
I highly, highly doubt this. How many users on a given day are brand new users? How many are users who have used CL occasionally or regularly? And how many of those are likely to read the text of the license on their nth post?
Very, very few, I bet, unless CL highlighted the change in red and made them click through a few Confirm dialogs.
I think this has less to do with a drop in user postings and more to do with the obvious irony of an EFF Advisory Board member extending their rights over user content so broadly.
Very, very few, I bet, unless CL highlighted the change in red and made them click through a few Confirm dialogs.