[Sigia-l] Getting More Users to Register

[Dan Linsky]

>You are asking a community of IAs and user-centered designers whose
>interest should come first, yours or the users'?

No, I am asking a community of IA's and UCD's which way best meets both
business objectives and user requirements.

>And wasted their time?

If they come to enter this contest, they are looking to waste time.
If they decide not to guess after registering, that would certainly be a
waste of time for them; but my plan would have worked perfectly.


Dan Linsky
Information Architect | Slingshot, LLC.
208 N. Market St., Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75202
(469) 227-3158
 

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From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org] On Behalf
Of Listera
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Getting More Users to Register

Dan Linsky:

> That way if the user does not wish to guess, they have already
registered.

And wasted their time?
 
> Does anyone have any empirical evidence as to which way might entice
> more users to register?

You are asking a community of IAs and user-centered designers whose
interest
should come first, yours or the users'?

As a *user*, have you ever found that filling out a long registration
form
*before* you found out what it was for beneficial to you?

I hope I'm not reading this wrong.

Ziya
Nullius in Verba 



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