I don't think this brilliant at all. Anyone who decided to forego the FB Connect route is already someone who wants to sign up. By making it incredibly painful,

I don't think this brilliant at all. Anyone who decided to forego the FB Connect route is already someone who wants to sign up. By making it incredibly painful, it'll lessen the chance of him even signing up. Sure, you'll get more FB signups, but the absolute # of signups will decrease. And what's the advantage of more FB signups? This isn't a social network like Foursquare or Pinterest.