Ok, so, I decide to come in, check around the community and haven't remembered yet to log in. I go to a post, read, click "Reply" and start typing up a response, then click "Submit". At this point I get to the logon screen and go, "Meh, forgot to log in", and click log in, and go about my business thinking like all forums and communities, the message is posted. Shortly afterwards, I notice the system never accepted my reply, down the drain went several minutes of time if not longer.
Sometimes I do some mild research mid-posting especially when it's really late and no one is online, to make sure my statements are accurate as possible. If I spend half an hour doing research, making images/cropping them and uploading them, and I have forgotten to log in, there goes all my time down the drain. I feel so defeated at that point that I don't even try to respond to the thread, I just abandon it, and leave the site out of frustration.
Also, this is easily done when trying to create a thread... Basically, remove the "Start a topic" and "Reply" buttons, or poke Lithium and see what's happening as it's obvious that during the login process, the information isn't being saved. I can easily see many customers ending up trying to post something, think it's posted, then be greeted by the login and go on, and the post never actually happens.
Thanks,
C0RR0SIVE
