3 ms·
You almost always want their email address so that you can email them a password reset link in case they forget their password, which is even more important on
by jlongster 13y ago
You almost always want their email address so that you can email them a password reset link in case they forget their password, which is even more important on smaller obscure sites where that's bound to happen.
- Afforess 13y agoIf users don't want to provide an email (and then can't reset their password), that should be their prerogative.
- kibwen 13y agoAs a user who doesn't want to provide my personal email to random services, I have a throwaway email on a different provider with a gibberish username. Given that signing up for 99% of services already requires an email account (or a Facebook/Twitter login, which themselves require a verified email address), Persona is no less onerous.
- wmf 13y agoRealistically, in the modern commercial Web, a user who doesn't want to provide an email probably has negative lifetime value.
- freeman478 13y agoYes but with Personna you don't need to send them a password reset link because they have no password in your system :)