So, I'm turning to the HN community to see whether you guys have any experience with this, and whether you think there is anything fishy behind it.
This behavior baffles me because I always activate accounts I register for, but maybe this is normal in terms of the average internet user?
Benign reasons I can think of: (1) People get lazy, (2) The email went to their spam folder and they can't find it, (3) They gave a fake email when registering and didn't know they had to activate, (4) Changed their minds about resgistering, (5) Other?
But, I'm a bit paranoid and wondering whether there are any "nefarious" reasons for doing so.
Do you guys know any way to exploit a website in this way?
Should I worry about it?
Should I email the users a reminder to activate?