What percentage of users activate their accounts?

Re:What percentage of users activate their accounts? by ekanes on Monday December 10, 2007 @02:28AM (#87673)

I disagree. Don't you need to validate their email address so you know you're reaching only people who wanted to sign up?

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Re:What percentage of users activate their accounts? by andrewfong on Monday December 10, 2007 @03:09AM (#87686)

Well, you could do an opt-out service -- send an e-mail that says "click here if this isn't you"

Or use something a simple screenname for authentication (e.g. the e-mail is just for lost passwords, so if they don't provide a valid e-mail, it's their loss).

Or use something like OpenID or Passport (the identity provider might need to validate an e-mail address but you don't have to).

Or build a site that needs no authentication to begin with -- e.g. a search engine.

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