If this question has already been asked, please comment so I can remove it.
I m aware of the advantages of email verification, especially in regard to spamming (which could easily kill me since most of the functionality is in posting comments).
I m contemplating the removal of email account verification for the application I m currently building. This is for numerous reasons:
- I ve noticed other apps/websites simply don t implement it.
- It s far more user friendly then to skew the user over to their email.
- Since the application is moderate in scale and functionality, revisits are short-lived, some users may be inquisitive about it as to sign up, but some might feel it s an overkill to actually go through email verification.
- App is not celebrated as to compel visitors to take effort, sign up and verify.
I know I m getting into the gust of it, and while I m writing this visitors could ve verified their account for the gazillionth time; however, would you agree that for some moderately scaled applications an account verification might deter a casual visitor?
What measures do you personally prefer to undertake?