Quick Registration

Context

Surfing the web is stateless and anonymous activity. For social sites the user has to identify himself in order to participate in the community. The first time this is done with a Quick Registration. The following times he can simply [Log in].

Problem

Registration has to be easy because growing the community is essential.

Forces

  • Users fear for high commitment because they haven't yet established trust about the community (safety net)
  • They are reluctant to to reveal too much personal information too early.
  • Spammers and bots try to break into the system for anti-social reasons

Solution

Therefore...

  • ...
  • use defensive mechanisms like captchas to prevent bots from spamming the system.

Examples

References

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A Social Software Pattern Language



 
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mmprove
Jul 22
A Social Software Pattern Language
Re: Quick Registration
good point. Thanks!
Re: A Social Software Pattern Language
Hi ACarsten, I guess I know what you mean. A pattern language itself is abstract. It just captures the paths between the...
 
eincarsten
Feb 26, 2009
Re: Quick Registration
Provide support for existing accounts (openid, yahoo, google, etc.) will lower the gap for entry.
Re: A Social Software Pattern Language
Take a look at this conceptual model of actions and objects. It's slides 3235.
mmprove
Feb 20, 2009
Re: Quick Registration
better rename to 'Sign Up'? No, that's too similar to 'Log in'. But 'Enter the Community' sounds good and general.
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Re: A Social Software Pattern Language
Hi Mark, Location is definitely an important property because human beings are physical. In the digital world they are n...
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Comments (3)

 

  1. Feb 20, 2009

    mmprove says:

    better rename to 'Sign Up'? No, that's too similar to 'Log in'. But 'Enter the C...

    better rename to 'Sign Up'? No, that's too similar to 'Log in'. But 'Enter the Community' sounds good and general.

  2. Feb 26, 2009

    eincarsten says:

    Provide support for existing accounts (openid, yahoo, google, etc.) will lower t...

    Provide support for existing accounts (openid, yahoo, google, etc.) will lower the gap for entry.

    1. Feb 26, 2009

      mmprove says:

      good point. Thanks!

      good point. Thanks!

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