This is commonly the case for online shopping, where account creation is optiona...

thomastjeffery · on Nov 23, 2022

But in that case, there is still an account (just without login ability), and you are probably even sending an email.

So in the email you can include a link to optional account (username/password) creation.

And if you aren't sending an email, then the user has clearly decided not to create an account.

layer8 · on Nov 23, 2022

The problem is if an account for that email already exists, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33720063.

darrinmn · on Nov 23, 2022