Re:Quora vs. StackExchange: Why, Joel, Why?
by nepenthe on Sunday February 20, 2011 @05:41PM
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Sorry I was not clear and it is not terribly important. I've just wondered what it actually means to be "registered." If I have recovered my cookie-based account it means the account has been verified by e-mail. I'm just wondering isn't that a form of registration without having to have used OpenID?
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Re:Quora vs. StackExchange: Why, Joel, Why?
by kmontrose on Sunday February 20, 2011 @06:29PM
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Its mostly a distinction between "can login with one click (Registered with OpenId/Facebook)" and "can login with a crazy convoluted path (provide email [again], check email for link, etc.) (Unregistered)".
You can get the lion's share of a Stack Exchange's utility without registering, and this is quite intentional.