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There's one major problem with this idea from user point of view: when you have just a "enter your email" field and nothing more, you already gave someone an e

by jakub_g 10y ago

There's one major problem with this idea from user point of view: when you have just a "enter your email" field and nothing more, you already gave someone an email and got nothing in exchange yet, then at the next step, you click the link, and they ask you about 100 mandatory things to finish registration, asking about everything including your shoe size. Then you might not want to register to this kind of site out of principle, and also can not unregister anymore usually. (To be fair, sometimes pages have multi-step registration and do the same, asking few innocuous things first, and more privacy-invading things later. I hate that.)

grenoire 10y ago
First of all, after clicking the mail link only a username and password is to be set. It is your job to design it such that it is not a menial task to register. Secondly, if the user decides to not register after all, just give them an unlink mail button at the registration form. This way they can stop the registration and use the mail in the future if they change their mind.
- jakub_g 10y ago
  > Secondly, if the user decides to not register after all, just give them an unlink mail button at the registration form. This is one of those things that never get implemented by 99% of teams due to "why would someone need it" / "additional complexity not worth it" / "we'll do it later"
- ldjb 10y ago
  I wonder if it's really necessary to provide an unlink mail button. If the user decides not to register, then an account is not created. They can simply abandon the registration process and forget about the service. Unless the service sends out regular email reminders or something to anyone who has entered their email address, then I can understand the need for an unsubscribe link.
- nommm-nommm 10y ago
  Ideally you'd want to prune unregistered/unconfirmed accounts after a set time period. There shouldn't be any user action required.

by jakub_g 10y ago

grenoire 10y ago

First of all, after clicking the mail link only a username and password is to be set. It is your job to design it such that it is not a menial task to register. Secondly, if the user decides to not register after all, just give them an unlink mail button at the registration form. This way they can stop the registration and use the mail in the future if they change their mind.

jakub_g 10y ago
> Secondly, if the user decides to not register after all, just give them an unlink mail button at the registration form. This is one of those things that never get implemented by 99% of teams due to "why would someone need it" / "additional complexity not worth it" / "we'll do it later"
ldjb 10y ago
I wonder if it's really necessary to provide an unlink mail button. If the user decides not to register, then an account is not created. They can simply abandon the registration process and forget about the service. Unless the service sends out regular email reminders or something to anyone who has entered their email address, then I can understand the need for an unsubscribe link.
nommm-nommm 10y ago
Ideally you'd want to prune unregistered/unconfirmed accounts after a set time period. There shouldn't be any user action required.