Comment to 'new user signups'
Comment to new user signups
  • In this time and age people are kind of careful about what type of info they leave on a new site. Especially one that isn't mainstream. To be realistic there shouldn't be a whole form to fill out unless it's a website for jobs, dating, or business related. Other than that a huge form of mandatory things to fill out can send a red flag to new users. My personal preference would be a quick easy sign up. Photo, user name, age, email, and wether you're a male, female, or organization/business....the more info you demand from people well they may not want to fill out personal info. Facebook makes everything public and people want alternatives. A "safe" space sometimes to just be...talk to strangers, fill in time. I would rather have a graveyard with potential users signing back on later than to have ones frustrated and give up AND give bad reviews to friends word of mouth. I can say for a fact that people will return when new or interesting content shows up. After a lot of apps created live broadcasting many people went back onto their old profiles or requested passwords to get back on. That's why I'm not really interested in numbers anymore. More focused on content and appearance. "If you build it they will come" -Field of Dreams. My Dolphin site had over 35,000 members with no advertising at all! Why? I focused on content. Made goals to add new mods every month. Now I sit here waiting patiently for UNA to have the same. 

    • we will see i guess, i will give it another few days.  for some reason it feels like people trip out when they see a map but dont mind telling facebook the city they live in.  
      this, in itself confuses me.

      • On Facebook you can give the city or town but using the location map to exactly pinpoint a location can make people uncomfortable. People go on other websites to try and get away from Facebook which is too personal for many people. 

        • dude, haha i hear you, but consider this: if you dont want it exactly where you are just drop the damn pin in the ocean or in some random place.  problem solved done.  no further thought required.

          i force the location because people all love looking at maps.  :)  and for obvious reasons like people later buying and selling services in their local area, and so on...