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tapneal

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    Using a crossword prompt, guess the word. Would love any feedback on the game, or ideas for variations.

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    Comment #25672965

    100% agree. User research can be so taxing, and so many times it's led us in the wrong direction. While it can be guide you in the right direction, product teams need more data dri…

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    Comment #24435898

    I would suspect brand too makes a difference in whether people will give away their email address.

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    Comment #24434877

    Totally agree. This will depend by business. We're were just pointing out that it makes sense to challenge the norm, because people are so reluctant to give their email addresses.

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    Comment #24434852

    It would be awesome if there was a face unlock technology that can be integrated with sites for laptops. It would of course create privacy concerns.

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    Agree. It will depend on site, but we often don't challenge if email collection is worthwhile. One idea we had is to ask for an email afterward as an optional password discovery op…

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    Comment #24434803

    That's something we're hoping to explore further. I think email for those with early interest often is a non-starter.

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    Comment #24434773

    100% agree. This worked for us, but is likely to vary by business and this is not a silver bullet. I do think though people who register with email and convert tend to be people wh…

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    We use some tools to understand traffic and fortunately most of the traffic is clean. One downside with asking for usernames alone is that people (not too surprisingly), come up wi…

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    Comment #24434729

    We're hoping to test an email password recovery option after the account is set up. It builds on the idea of getting more information after commitment.

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    Comment #23978652

    Would love to get thoughts on what else we can do to drop our bounce rate.

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    These are awesome!

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    Comment #22121172

    We were having the same issue. Great post!

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