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Ask YC: Activation on User Registration, important or a hurdle ?
Guys,
Do you think it is important to have an activation email send on User Registration to activate and account. If you were look at a mass user base site which way would you go?
thanks
- pg 18y agoDon't do it unless it's an extreme case where you really have to.
- shafqat 18y agoWe left it out. We wanted the user experience to be as frictionless as possible. Get people on your site as quickly and painlessly as possible would be my suggestion.
- epi0Bauqu 18y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=148672 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=148672 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36594 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36594
- babul 18y agoLeave it out. It annoys most people now.
- babul 18y agoIf users can clearly see or already find value in a site, they will reg with real details that don't need to be verified/activated by email.
- babul 18y agoOn the signup form point out benefits they will recieve e.g. value-added newsletters (not spammy but of something they will want) and they will take more care to ensure they reg with correct details.
- tonystubblebine 18y agoWe left it out and haven't been bitten by it once. I'm not trying to tempt the evil eye, just give a data point.
- TrevorJ 18y agoLeave it out unless the other option is a CAPTCHA that makes me think harder than I should :-)