Allow unverified users to upload private documents.

Open duckduckgrayduck opened this issue 2 years ago • 4 comments

What is the problem we are trying to solve?

Currently on-boarding for DocumentCloud isn’t great. To reduce friction, it would be beneficial for users to be able to upload documents privately from the get-go, but lock down embeds/making documents public (publishing) behind verification.

How wide spread is this issue?

All users

How can we solve this issue?

Reconsider how we want verification to work.

Aug 18 '23 20:08 duckduckgrayduck

Duplicate https://github.com/MuckRock/documentcloud-frontend/issues/199

Jan 22 '24 17:01 mitchelljkotler

Some thoughts on this by @morisy

- 250 pages/month uploading for unverified. Can’t make public.
  - If they upload more than that, error and state that monthly limit is 250
  - Maybe down the line offer small number of free credits

Aug 16 '24 13:08 mitchelljkotler

We need to create a way to track uploads for free users (or maybe all users).

Aug 19 '24 17:08 eyeseast

Unverified users could (under this proposal) use add-ons to create documents, but they'll also be private. This may also hit upload limits, however they're calculated.

Aug 19 '24 17:08 eyeseast