That might be the simplest method, but it isn't the simplest interface.
Problems include typos, past users not remembering which email addy they used to sign up with, messaging (do you put a "forgot your password" under a signup form? That'd feel kinda weird). I think Reddit had some variation on what you're talking about and recently moved away from it.
On the typo front, here's what will happen: I try to log in but screw up the email addy. You create an account and send a welcome email to an addy that may or may not exist. If it doesn't exist (likely), the receiving mailserver might flag you as a spamming domain. In the meantime, I now have two accounts and might be confused given that the new account appears "empty".
By the by, @mooders-- why aren't you replying to people via threaded responses?
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That might be the simplest method, but it isn't the simplest interface.
Problems include typos, past users not remembering which email addy they used to sign up with, messaging (do you put a "forgot your password" under a signup form? That'd feel kinda weird). I think Reddit had some variation on what you're talking about and recently moved away from it.
On the typo front, here's what will happen: I try to log in but screw up the email addy. You create an account and send a welcome email to an addy that may or may not exist. If it doesn't exist (likely), the receiving mailserver might flag you as a spamming domain. In the meantime, I now have two accounts and might be confused given that the new account appears "empty".
By the by, @mooders-- why aren't you replying to people via threaded responses?
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Does adding a leading @ character to a user name add anything?
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