The user is me. Yes, it happened. In fact, it happens all the damned time. Lots and lots of web services don't bother verifying e-mail addresses because they fi

The user is me. Yes, it happened. In fact, it happens all the damned time. Lots and lots of web services don't bother verifying e-mail addresses because they figure they'll lose conversions. I complain on Twitter every time this happens to me, because it pisses me off -- read the thread for links to some other examples. The goal of my complaining is not to pile on Zoom but rather to raise awareness that e-mail verification is not a thing that you can just skip. It's important and -- in my humble opinion -- every service should strictly verify all e-mails before letting users use their account in any way. I don't know why I'd make this up. Why would I rant about a problem that didn't actually happen? I also don't know why this was posted on HN. This is just some guy ranting on Twitter, not news.