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Ask HN: Best sign-up process without relying on third parties?
What's the best sign up process that doesn't rely on sites such as facebook, twitter and the big G?
The simplest and least headache inducing that I know of is to ask user their email and a password and let them in but hold back some features until the user has responded to the confirmation email (like how twitter does it).
Any other ideas?
- nahcub 13y agoWhat are you using the confirmed email for? Do you need the user's email for a core function of the site? Or is it an antispam tool? Look at Hacker News. Its signup process is dead simple - you enter a username and password, and you're automatically logged in. I'd hazard a guess that doing that is the simplest process possible, but there is a tradeoff - it's impossible to recover your password if you forget it. It all depends on what is required for your site to function, so I don't think there is a simple solution to your question.
- X4 13y agoYou could use this service, instead of sending an actual mail, which introduces another step for the user: http://verify-email.org/ http://verify-email.org/
- snowfox 13y agoIt only verifies whether the email is a valid one. It doesn't verify if the person actually owns the email.