Alexander Williams

Registration keeps out good posters. People with lives will tend to ignore forums with a registration process. Registration lets in bad posters. Children and Internet addicts tend to have free time to go register an account and check their e-mail more...

Removing the registration requirement on their forums improved the signal-to-noise ratio and dramatically increased the volume of posts. People like to skip registration, because it's an insulting waste of time. It's like when Radio Shack asks you your phone number more...