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To be honest: every now and then.

Old (forum, ...) accounts, >5 years of inactivity. What e-mail did I use for this again? I end up just typing every e-mail address I can remember in the reset password field because it's faster than the combinatorially exhaustive search with the three / four probable passwords from way back when.

EDIT: My main objection is that taking computer literate people as the litmus users is a UX anti-pattern. We talk a lot, but we easily forget just how much hand-holding, clarity and patience a large (and silent) chunk of our users need.




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