Completely remove "signup from updates" in the registration?
Circled in the image below. There are two radiobuttons that we are thinking of just removing. Any thoughts? Thanks.
2 Answers
Completely remove.
- I think it confuses a new user. The user might think about spam and it would decrease the possibility of registration.
- It is an addtional field. (it would decrease the possibility of registration)
- We want them to get mails (it is a community)
Comments
Remove.
It should make the sign-in process more simple, straightforward and fast.
Getting email updates is the best way to engage users for repeat visits.
May be we have to always hide giving such opt-in options to users? i.e NOT provide options to be straight-forward; Let it be all hidden inside User Settings? Facebook does these tricks a lot for User-Engagement.
Another place where we need a change is in - Follow Question Option - email the updates option should be removed too. Let Follow = follow by email also by default?
Comments
Yeah, maybe makes sense (re: follow/email). On SO these functions are separate ("star" and "send update"). In principle these two functions are separate: a bookmark and email alert. There is a use case for that I think, but keeping things simpler is important.
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