I see that, yes, horrible signups are a barrier. Asking "normal" questions - name, how did you find us, password hint q/a - is so expected now that, as long as

I see that, yes, horrible signups are a barrier. Asking "normal" questions - name, how did you find us, password hint q/a - is so expected now that, as long as the site works and has what I want, I will do it. I question statements like "... for every question you add to a form you lose 40% of the people viewing it." because they don't take quality of the signup into account. You get into the question of which is better: quantity or quality? Is it better to have a database of 100,000 people who showed the minimum interest or of 10,000 people who are very interested? I say I'd rather be in charge of those 10,000 but I know there are many in favor of the 100,000.