Let me introduce Matthew. A good friend of mine who just cannot get through the sign up process. But why??
I've been singing the Steemit name from the rooftops, but come up against one recurring problem which will be hard to solve...
The minimum 16 character length password..
I know, to a lot of us in the crypto world used to having extraordinary length key's to take care of, a 16 character length password would be seen as a prudent security measure (especially where Reward/Money is involved), but whilst pitching this site to many of my friends, this has been enough for most of them to give up and move on.
To put some perspective on this, I have pitched this site to 10 of my friends, 2 were just not interested by the concept, 8 of them were VERY interested, but only 2 of the 8 managed to make it through the sign up phase. 6 of them sighted the 16 character length password as the reason they didn't proceed.
Quote from Matthew "I probably won't ever sign up until they change their 16 character password policy". I kid you not, he is in the majority of people I have asked.
Would it be in Steemit's interests to allow users to set their security parameters? Or, is this a measure that is saving ignorant people for hack attacks (especially when hackers can see the account balances of other users)...
Interested to hear others thoughts?