If you are having difficulty creating an account, please let us know.

Some users have reported that while they can sign-up via a WordPress.com account, they cannot always complete the sign-up process directly. This is why we desperately need more beta testers.

Rest assured that we are keeping an eye on things and will apply a fix as soon as we can figure out what the problem is exactly (assuming there is one).

Here is the dev blog report:

http://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2017/09/21/potential-bug-found-signup-system/