Deceptive text input boxes for web comments.

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   Every once in a while I run into websites with a comments that leave large text boxes on the bottom for you to leave a comment or reply.  Typically these are news websites, blogs  or other miscellaneous websites that have done their own custom sh*tty coding.  I take about 10 minutes to compose my reply or comment, then the next page will pop up saying registration is required to send the comment.  

No, I'm not going to register a username, email address and do a confirmation process for a website I will probably never ever visit again and will probably spam me for ages.  They are doing the process backwards.  They should have a button for "reply", then it will prompt you to either log in or register.  That way I will immediately know not to waste my time.

I think websites are doing this deliberately.   If people knew registration was required, they would simply move on, but once they have invested time in their reply, they might register simply not to see their effort wasted.  

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big_E Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Commercial Hater Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Status: Offline Points: 99	Post Options Post Reply Quote big_E Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Deceptive text input boxes for web comments. Posted: 02 Nov 2010 at 4:25pm
	Every once in a while I run into websites with a comments that leave large text boxes on the bottom for you to leave a comment or reply. Typically these are news websites, blogs or other miscellaneous websites that have done their own custom sh*tty coding. I take about 10 minutes to compose my reply or comment, then the next page will pop up saying registration is required to send the comment. No, I'm not going to register a username, email address and do a confirmation process for a website I will probably never ever visit again and will probably spam me for ages. They are doing the process backwards. They should have a button for "reply", then it will prompt you to either log in or register. That way I will immediately know not to waste my time. I think websites are doing this deliberately. If people knew registration was required, they would simply move on, but once they have invested time in their reply, they might register simply not to see their effort wasted.

Thor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Revolutionary Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Location: California Status: Online Points: 29401	Post Options Post Reply Quote Thor Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Nov 2010 at 4:38pm
	One website seemed to accept my comment, but it didn't appear. Turns out that they had recently started requiring people to register, but didn't mention it anywhere on the comments/reply page, and furthermore, hadn't even adjusted the site to not accept comments from unregistered people. The comments simply didn't appear.


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