[TimothyFitz]

I really like the idea, so much so that I jumped through all of the hoops and added my own project: http://clusterify.com/projects/list/TimothyFitz/9/

Unfortunately, there were a lot of hoops! I had to register. Once registered I wasn't logged in?! I confirmed my e-mail then logged in, then clicked new project. Most of this went well except for the tags, where the auto-complete broke (would show the tag I had just typed, over the textbox I'm trying to type into). That might just be a Google Chrome issue?

My $0.02: You should optimize the hell out of the new user -> adding a project loop and the new user -> joining a project loop. User accounts are stupid and antiquated. Have the add project field use the same fields that wordpress comments use (name, e-mail, optionally website). Defer dealing with misuse (hopefully defer it until you're popular!)

[fsav]

OK so the registering process should now be much easier (for better or for worse -- we'll deal with misuse as it shows up, as you said). It's not as good your comment and shimon's propose, but it should at least be much faster: no activation, direct to profile.

[TimothyFitz]

This is why I <3 HN.

Go to a website, comment on it and watch your feedback be used to evolve the website... in under half an hour! There are even comment threads where PG has a <5min read-hack-deploy-announce cycle on HN itself.

[fsav]

Well I still wanted to smoke test it locally before deploying the change, so < 5 mins would have been a bit hard :P

[aneesh]

Thanks TimothyFitz, we hear you. Sounds like we need to make the process a bit smoother for new users.