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Seemed interesting, but why do you have to have an account to log in?

I was going to try it out, but.. I just hate not being able to try something before giving away my email.

Maybe we can add anon accounts at some point. The main reason right now is to make the feedback process easier since it starts an email chain that we can follow up on. All of the best improvements recently have started with these email chains and follow on conversations.

You'll get more and higher quality feedback from a larger volume of users. And right now you're self selecting for people who are willing to use their email to create an account.

The best way to improve a product is to have a lot of people use it

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