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well, as long as you provide a valid email (we don't check) you can do an account recovery to reinstate your cookie via email. The main limitation of being unre
by codinghorror 16y ago
well, as long as you provide a valid email (we don't check) you can do an account recovery to reinstate your cookie via email. The main limitation of being unregistered is that you can't ever vote on anything -- but you DO accrue other non-voting privileges through reputation like regular users.
- spicyj 16y agoWhy don't you let unregistered users vote?
- mattwijas 16y agoThat would probably make the system more susceptible to gaming by spammers.
- spicyj 16y agoHow does forcing registration help? The main barrier is that you need to answer a couple of questions and get upvotes before you can upvote others.
- tiernano 16y agoI'm guessing (don't know for sure here) its an anti-spam measure...
- bkhl 16y agoSO probably doesn't want too many unregistered users floating around. Also, one of success metrics for an Q&A site is the number of registered users. So, it does make sense to force users to go through almost painless process of registering before they really start engaging in the site.
- drivebyacct2 16y agoI have a post I made before I registered my account. How do I tie that post into my existing account now, or can I only "import" old posts during registration? That's a disappointment. :/