Required registration info

[Corzhens]

Most forums that I joined require the basic info for registration – user name, password, email. Some others ask for the date of birth and gender plus the location. And I have encountered a couple of sites with a long registration form. Does your site require more details? And if so, what is the purpose for wanting more details about the user?

 

[Svoboda]

You can't effectively market to your users if you don't know the demographics.

 

[Jason76]

I don't really like that stuff much. It's nosy. I'm sure it turns off a lot of people.

 

[Page]

nope, not on my end. They just go and check there emails and activate that way

 

[Cyber]

When making a site I usually go for less because no user is going to want to spend 10 minutes just registering on a forum.