Rummble - most unwelcome welcoming screen ever?

I saw a reference to a site called Rummble which looked interesting, so clicked along for a look, only to be presented with this opening screen:

How insanely ridiculous is that? Whoever heard of having to have joined another resource in order to view another site (software excluded obviously). Moreover - how unfriendly is that? It's not even 'you can connect' or 'your experience will be better'. No, it was 'requires that you Connect'. My immediate reaction was 'thanks, I'll go elsewhere'. I wonder how many other people think the same, and move on at once?

Of course, the stupid thing is that you can just close the dialogue window down and look at the rest of the site. I can then look at their video, follow the link to their blog, read their about page and so on. However, since they require me to do something else, they're clearly not that bothered that I find out more about them, or tell anyone else. So I won't. :)

Bottom line: Rummble: most unfriendly site on the web?

Comments

[Andrew J Scott]

Hi Phil
You're completely right - this isn't good. Very unfriendly message. It used to be more friendly, not sure what happened.
I've asked Claudio one of our guys to take a look and we'll sort it out. We're only 5 people plus an intern and supporting a website, the backend clever algorithm stuff, a mobile website, windows phone, android and iphone. No excuse of course, it's unfriendly and that isn't acceptable. Thanks for reminding us it is an issue and I'll let you know when we've fixed it.
Hope it won't put you off us for life!
Best,
Andrew J Scott
Founder/CEO, Rummble

[Phil Bradley]

Hey Andrew - thanks for getting back to me - and so quickly; lots of points for that. I'll be happy to come back and take a look when you think it's ready.

[Andrew J Scott]

Phil - Another update. We're removing the Facebook session detection this afternoon; we'll put something friendlier back again when we update the Facebook connect code. Meanwhile, users can still choose to connect to Facebook by clicking "Facebook Connect" to login.

cheers-Andrew