MetaTalk posts tagged with signup

An author at Damn Interesting signs up for a Mefi account having been linked on the blue

jonson — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:12:02 -0800

Neat! Metafilter links to an article on DamnInteresting.com, creator of DamnInteresting and author of the linked article signs up for Metafilter account.

link to give-a-mefi-membership

scarabic — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:35:30 -0800

Hey Matt, in the gifting spirit, how about a link to the give-a-mefi-membership gift option somewhere on the Blue? Did the "beta" period work out? If so, don't be shy. It's a great feature. I just used it. But I had to hunt and peck through the MeTa archives to find it :)

How many people sign up per day?

c:\awesome — Tue, 23 May 2006 19:36:28 -0800

My friend and I were discussing MeFi and came to a point of contention when estimating the number of new users MeFi receives per day. My guess was 5 to 10, his was 25 or more. Perhaps this argument can be laid to rest here. How many new users does MeFi average per day?

Time delay between registration and FPP?

fandango_matt — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 05:54:52 -0800

Has the time delay between registration and the ability to make a front-page post been eliminated? I don't mean to pick on a new member's first front-page post on his second day, but unless new folks read the guidelines or hang around to see what makes a good front-page post before making their own, I expect we'll be seeing more posts like this.

Pony: alternate payment methods

delmoi — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:06:29 -0800

Can we get another way to pay for accounts then paypal? I'd rather pay $20 for an account through another service then use them. There are several, relatively cheap credit card transaction services out there.

Oregon: register to vote!

Keyser Soze — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:47:35 -0800

The voters deadline for Oregon is October 12th, two days from now. Oregonians, please make sure you have registered to vote!

what is the system bottleneck that makes new users a bad thing?

scarabic — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 23:45:40 -0800

Matt - speaking curiously, what is the system bottleneck that makes new users a bad thing? I presume it's database load, because the logged-in user enjoys comment counts and other database-intensive features that are demanding to serve. The static, logged-out homepage is easy to serve, even to a large number of visitors, by comparison, right? The real danger number to watch is the pageviews by logged-in users (please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm totally guessing). Are there features we could sacrifice for the sake of an open reg? What are you all willing to give up to open the gates? User comment history? Custom timezones and comment previews...?

140 is Twenty in base something-or-other

The God Complex — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 02:29:26 -0800

Question: if new user signups were limited to twenty new users a day, why did we end up with 140 new members in the span of a two-day period? Could this account for the excess strain on the server today?
[I thought about just sending Matt an e-mail but thought some others might be interested in the response.]

User Signup Policy

UKnowForKids — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 09:16:15 -0800

What about tweaking the new user signup method in order to accommodate overseas wannabes? [more inside]

Signups are closed; could we give our unused, inactive accounts to new members?

cup — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 03:34:56 -0800

Bring out your dead! (more inside)

How did these users sign up?

riffola — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 01:40:12 -0800

How did 17320 and 17319 get in? And what's up with this profile?

The about page, when signups were closed (2002)

staggernation — Fri, 08 Nov 2002 08:29:32 -0800

The About Page says: ...to hear some philosophies guiding the site and community, check out the new user message.

However, since signups are closed, the new user message no longer says much. Maybe whatever text was there (minus the signup form, of course) could be placed somewhere else so people can read it?

Registration is better closed

Ufez Jones — Thu, 29 Aug 2002 22:58:37 -0800

Okay. I asked it in a thread, and only got one response. My question for the masses (without an agenda) is this....we've obtained about 1500+ new users in the last 4-6 weeks. When do we start talking about turning sign-ups off again?

does anyone know if this is ever going to happen...?

t r a c y — Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:06:15 -0800

"Jul 16 The new server is up and running. I'll re-enable signups sometime this week."

that week has come and gone... does anyone know if this is ever going to happen...?