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Which is a common pattern, however can easily be negated by the fact that the person may think their activation link is in their spam folder (when in fact they
by mbesto 13y ago
Which is a common pattern, however can easily be negated by the fact that the person may think their activation link is in their spam folder (when in fact they didn't type in their email address correctly). User gives up and moves along.
- mcv 13y agoShow them the message "an email has been sent to mbesto@ycombinator.com. Please click on the link in that mail to verify your address". Below that, a link "change email address". Now, when they realize they didn't get the email, they may notice the difference and they can fix it. If they're unable to type their email address, and they're unable to recognize a mistake in it, then I don't see what hope there is for them.