[erlang-questions] Videos from Erlang Factory SF Bay 2014 up on ErlangCentral.org

[Felix Hamilton]

I had the same problem - I cannot read or watch content on Erlang Central
website without an account so I actually set up an account in order to do
so (very rare occurrence). Then I do not receive the activation email which
it seems you must have to actually use an account. So I try to log in and
fail, then go to the effort of requesting another activation email, which
also does not arrive. At this point I throw up my hands, close the Erlang
Central tab, and move on. ;-)

Probably not the experience folks are looking for in an outreach site ...

/Felix


On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Loïc Hoguin <essen@REDACTED> wrote:

> I mentioned that last year. Guess that makes two of us now! If more people
> start complaining perhaps things will change. :-)
>
>
> On 03/08/2014 07:13 AM, Motiejus Jakštys wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Andra Dinu
>> <andra.dinu@REDACTED> wrote:
>>
>>> Happy to announce that videos from two tracks of the Erlang Factory
>>> Conference are up on ErlangCentral.org (and two more tracks will be
>>> uploaded at the end of the conference)
>>>
>>>
>>> NEXT GENERATION DATABASES & ANALYTICS https://erlangcentral.org/
>>> streaming/next-generation-databases-analytics/
>>>
>>> SCALABILITY & MULTICORE https://erlangcentral.org/streaming/scalability-
>>> multicore/
>>>
>>> Also check out the chat function enabled by @Kato
>>>
>>
>> Hi, Andra,
>>
>> thanks for uploading the videos that quickly. That is a really wonderful
>> job.
>>
>> One question though regarding accessing the videos. I understand the
>> need to have as many registered users as possible, but is it really so
>> necessary to put a registration wall for videos? I understand it is
>> necessary to make life harder for spammers if I want to post a comment
>> (I can write junk to chat without logging in, so there must be another
>> reason). But for anonymous video watching? That is out of my
>> understanding.
>>
>> I visited the website to have a quick look at what's available.
>> Requires registration. Ok. Email confirmation. OK. Fifteen minutes,
>> yet no email received. Cannot see the videos because it requires
>> registration which requires an email validation and the email
>> validation service does send me the bloody email.
>>
>> Today morning in the keynote Dave Thomas stressed that it is paramount
>> to reduce entry curve for new Erlang users. Is this the message we
>> want to send for one? See some interesting free stuff about Erlang,
>> registration is required, which does not actually work, please come
>> back later?
>>
>> Because of the reasons above I would suggest and appreciate
>> registration requirement waived for read-only activities on
>> erlangcentral.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Motiejus Jakštys
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