Title: Usability problems for new users Post by: quesera on October 09, 2013, 01:50:00 PM I'm not sure whether this is beating a dead horse and I also realize that a spam protection mechanism is needed.
Nonetheless, my first 2 hours on this forum were a facepalm fest. Here's why:
Cheers, Title: Re: Usability problems for new users Post by: tysat on October 09, 2013, 01:57:50 PM
It tells you about the jail policy when you register. Title: Re: Usability problems for new users Post by: b!z on October 09, 2013, 02:04:17 PM I think the policy could be placed in a more obvious spot. The text in the signup form would probably not be read by some impatient people :)
Title: Re: Usability problems for new users Post by: fattypig on October 09, 2013, 02:17:16 PM Newbie jail should be removed, what's the point of spamming 5 post in newbie section?
Title: Re: Usability problems for new users Post by: tysat on October 09, 2013, 02:18:29 PM Newbie jail should be removed, what's the point of spamming 5 post in newbie section? Someone hasn't read about how it works now... it only takes 1 post and 4 hours of waiting after that post. Title: Re: Usability problems for new users Post by: quesera on October 09, 2013, 02:25:26 PM I think the policy could be placed in a more obvious spot. The text in the signup form would probably not be read by some impatient people :) Pretty much so (mea culpa). Anyway, the simple fact that there are multiple posts on the web frustrated by this issue (just do a Google search for "bitcointalk can't post") is I believe a sign that an usability problem does exist and it is faced by a non-trivial amount of new users. What's even worse, this problem most likely disproportionately affects organic new users (such as those coming from Google traffic) which simply want to contribute to a thread they have found. Spammers, scammers and sockpuppets are not really affected since most likely new accounts created for this purpose belong to already existing users. Title: Re: Usability problems for new users Post by: Raoul Duke on October 09, 2013, 02:38:04 PM If you can't handle the forums' usability you better not touch Bitcoin at all :P j/k
Title: Re: Usability problems for new users Post by: quesera on October 09, 2013, 02:43:39 PM If you can't handle the forums' usability you better not touch Bitcoin at all :P j/k Ha! Good one. I actually work in a field related to usability analysis (CRO) so I'm trained to spot this sort of issues. Call it a professional defect. Title: Re: Usability problems for new users Post by: dserrano5 on October 09, 2013, 06:09:34 PM
I may be wrong but I think the "post" limit isn't about posts in the forum, but HTTP POST operations. Creating an account and logging in are both POST, as well as trying to publish a message (either successfully or not).
I think that was about bitcointalk.us or something like that. Title: Re: Usability problems for new users Post by: quesera on October 10, 2013, 10:56:43 AM
I think that was about bitcointalk.us or something like that. The exact deleted string was "bitcointalk's" without the quotation marks, but I believe you are right and the anti-phishing feature misfired. Title: Re: Usability problems for new users Post by: b!z on October 10, 2013, 10:58:08 AM
I think that was about bitcointalk.us or something like that. The exact deleted string was "bitcointalk's" without the quotation marks, but I believe you are right and the anti-phishing feature misfired. bitcointalk's bitcointalks "bitcointalks" What are you talking about? |