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Re:Don't Make Visitors Make Accounts by throwawaymsft on Sunday January 18, 2015 @04:36PM (#8909013)
My favorite model is letting people use the app from the first visit, stored in a cookie.

"Want to save your work? Create an account."

Creating an account can use FB/Google, or local login.

First demonstrate value, and people will gladly save their work.

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Re:Don't Make Visitors Make Accounts by lhh on Sunday January 18, 2015 @10:34PM (#8910164)
Do you happen to have examples off hand of sites that do this well? Thinking about implementing something like this for my current project
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Re:Don't Make Visitors Make Accounts by throwawaymsft on Monday January 19, 2015 @01:45AM (#8910651)
Khan Academy used to let you watch videos, do questions, and collect points. Then you would sign in to claim them.

Their new homepage looks to push you to sign up first though. There is still a link to "Unclaimed points > Sign up to claim your points" in the top nav.

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