@ccheever:
Your signup form email validator is broken; i have a .es domain and it refuses it....
Show HN: Review my startup: Quora, a topic based question and answer site
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Re: Show HN: Review my startup: Quora, a topic based question and answer site
#42I've seen Quora referenced a bunch lately, and have been excited to try it out. The design (from the outside) looks really good, and I suspect that your team has crafted a really polished UX. I'd love to check it out. But ...
I'm not going to sign up via Facebook Connect, but it's not because I don't like linking that profile. It's because the Facebook ID approval page notes that you'd be publishing content to my wall. I'm not comfortable with that. Maybe that's a templated display that's shown on all Facebook Connect pages. I don't know. But it's enough to stop me from signing up.
Just another datapoint.
Re: Show HN: Review my startup: Quora, a topic based question and answer site
#43I'll explain what the problem with FB sign-in is. Remember Eric Ries's IMVU, where people didn't want to link their IM accounts to IMVU because they don't want to endorse a piece of technology that they aren't sure of.
Similarly, I don't want to tell my friends on FB about Quora just in case it stinks.
Usually, FB login's do not pull in friends details. However, it appears that you are doing that.
I'd be happy to review your app if you can put some kind of assurance around the FB Connect logon to the effect that you are not going to announce on my FB status that I'm using Quora.
Re: Show HN: Review my startup: Quora, a topic based question and answer site
#44I got an invite to Quora from a friend of mine a few months ago but the need for the FaceBook id was a killer. As long as they have this requirement, I won't use the product. Too bad really, because I hear good things about it.
I did sign up using my FB account, just to try it out.
After signing-up I could easily disconnect my FB account from quora account.
So, the logic of asking to sign-up using FB, does not really make a lot of sense - if its affecting user sign-ups.