The point of emails in sign-ups?

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> "make emails optional during sign-up"
> "make the people who choose not to put their email in the site go through a lot more CAPTCHA than normal when signing up"


Do you even know what "optional" actually means?
 
> "make emails optional during sign-up"
> "make the people who choose not to put their email in the site go through a lot more CAPTCHA than normal when signing up"


Do you even know what "optional" actually means?

CAPTCHA's not going to take too much time out of your day.
 
CAPTCHA's not going to take too much time out of your day.

Problem is, what if someone loses their password for whatever reason, and how can they recover it without the risk that someone else could reset their account's password (if emails were optional)?
 
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Problem is, what if someone loses their password for whatever reason, and how can they recover it without the risk that someone else could reset their account's password (if emails were optional)?

There would be no password recovery. But if someone wants to, they can link an email to the account (for password recovery purposes).
 
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He most likely doesn't email people most of the time. He has better things to do (like run a site).
So why annoy him with something so site changing as this?
 
I have no intention of ever checking the email used for this account ever again. I can never forget the password and if it ever gets corrupted or hacked, I'm confident I can validate my identity to those I have private convos with. You can steal my name and avatar, but you can never steal my writing style and autistic memory!
 
No. I want a bulletproof way to get in touch with people. It becomes necessary.
Like anyone connects their throwaway lolcow.email to anything real or ever checks it...

I mean, jesus, the sign up page itself instructs you to do that.

Now I gotta check all the important communiques I've missed from Null. No wonder he's always so mad at me!
 
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