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Couldn't you just condition voting and commenting on a signup?

Seems pretty extreme (and bad for growth) that you ask me to give you my email before I can validate the product.

We were hoping that being able to poke around and see all the rankings and lists of resources in the different categories would give the user a sense for what we're trying to do. And I hear what you're saying - we'll work on changing these conditions - thanks again for the feedback, much appreciated.

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