Ask HN: Best way to avoid first-timer bounce for stats site?

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15 years ago

I'm working on a little site that produces a daily statistic based on correlations between each day's survey and all previous surveys:

http://correlated.pressbin.com

In order to track each user's responses over time, I need them to create an account ... but I'm struggling with how to prevent the typical high bounce rate when a user first encounters a site and then realizes they have to sign up before they can participate.

I'm specifically looking for suggestions for that problem, but would welcome any general comments about the concept or my implementation.

In case you're interested, if this site develops any sort of meaningful user base, I'd probably try to monetize it by including advertising -- possibly targeted advertising based on survey responses -- in the daily e-mails.