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Hey.

1. The name doesn't suggest I can watch shows (rather, just a reminder service)

2. Asked to login/register without being able to try/see the experience makes me close the tab - I haven't found out yet whether I like the service, why would I sign up?

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We try to do that with screenshots, but you can imagine the process of tracking/watching shows without a account might be frisky since we could only base it on a cookie. I might try that though and let them convert afterwards

http://railscasts.com/episodes/393-guest-user-record?

What about localStorage? I thing that's what http://nextepiso.de/ uses.

Yeah, I also need more information before I sign up. There isn't anything that tells me about the sources of the shows, the genre/region of shows, the availability of shows I care about, etc.

I would suggest a "How it works?" section or something.

Also, to follow up, I stumbled onto http://followshows.com/popular and that helped me understand the service better

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