Make the e-mail field optional in the registration form
Posting this on behalf of @Fla
> diaspora* doesn't need an e-mail to be used. The e-mail is useful only to get back its password and to receive notifications. We don't even send a verification e-mail to check if the address is valid and the user owns it.
> I propose to make the e-mail field optional in the registration form with an indication like "Enter an e-mail address if you want to be able to recover your password and you interested to receive notifications by e-mail".
Jonne Haß Tue 28 Apr 2015 10:30PM
Those kind questions is exactly why this "feature" is nothing you "just do", you create all kinds of open ends. I'm personally not motivated to do all that work and if you want me to review a submission that implements this, you should start by working out specific action points and things that need to be changed, else the reviewer has to duplicate all the work of considering all edge cases that the implementer did already.
Rich · Tue 28 Apr 2015 8:35PM
Good catch mate!
But if the mail functions are enabled on the pod, but a user has signed up without an email address (optional) then if the user has no email address on their profile then do all that stuff in you list, but other users who do have an email address on their profile will still have those functions, right?
(Unless email is globally disabled on that pod)