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| 2007-02-16 |
ShoutPost is really cool, and I hate to do it, but I'm moving my blog to a new . Why? Because visitors to a ShoutPost blog have to sign up and jump through too many hoops before they're allowed to leave a comment. I know there are some good reasons for this, but it's just not working for me. Anyway, I hope you'll stop by and say howdy at my new : http://mtrealitycheck.typepad.com See you there, folks! |
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Michael Taylor
Hi Nickster; Yeah, that basically sums it up. I know the process sounds pretty simple, but I've had more than a few visitors already who got hung up on the process ... they were not returned to the blog after signing up, etc. I'm sure if they were a bit more diligent, they would have been able to figure it out. But many readers of my newspaper column are older folks who aren't willing to muck about with a signup, or are afraid of divulging even their e-mail address for fear of identity theft or whatever. I really do LOVE your site; it has several nice features I've found lacking at typepad, plus, of course, it's free and typepad is not. But that signup requirement just doesn't track well with my readership. This morning was the first day I listed the blog address in my print column and I've already gotten hundreds of hits. The business is too competetive to lose a single reader for whatever reason. I need the posting process to be as simple as humanly possible. But again, I really like you site and will recommend it to friends in the future. Thanks again for making this wonderful service available! - Mike
NICKSTER
Hi,
We're not clear why you're leaving... Is it simply because visitors have to register before posting comments? It should be as simple as that... Signup (they're logged in automatically at this point), visit blog and post comment.
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