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Not a fan so not defending but I wouldn't classify Google as social login.
* Biased as I work on the OpenID Connect and OAuth at Okta where we are an Identity Provider and support many of the social login options.
57% google
rest facebook/twitter
out of 7291 users, via auth0 (for my project brandmark.io)
I'm currently working on a project which has only social login (but allows you to choose between facebook and google) and this was a very deliberate move. For any given person on this planet, there is a higher chance that they use facebook or gmail over any other "service", so no need to offer support for 10 different social logins. Also, this is more about imposing a qualitative filter on the users who sign up. If t…
“If the earliest users you have don't like you enough to give you their social login details ” Perhaps I’m an anomaly, but if there is no regular email sign-up, I’m not using your product, period. There’s enough information floating around about me in databases all over the world, I don’t need them to be further connected and linked. To see the situation with FB/CA and then demand your users use their login is insult…
* There's another aspect where if Google, Facebook, etc, etc shut down or freeze your account, you will lose access to the system.
For my little side project I’m using email only. Tangentially related, I quite like Medium’s workflow where you don’t need to enter passwords anymore. You just enter your address, they send a login email, you click the link in your email, and it redirects you to Medium, logged in.
Certainly seems like an optimum solution to typing a password on first login though (assuming the email is prompt).
Google: 58% Email: 23% Facebook: 19%
Most of our users are around 18yo.
I'm currently working on a project which has only social login (but allows you to choose between facebook and google) and this was a very deliberate move. For any given person on this planet, there is a higher chance that they use facebook or gmail over any other "service", so no need to offer support for 10 different social logins. Also, this is more about imposing a qualitative filter on the users who sign up. If t…
“If the earliest users you have don't like you enough to give you their social login details ” Perhaps I’m an anomaly, but if there is no regular email sign-up, I’m not using your product, period. There’s enough information floating around about me in databases all over the world, I don’t need them to be further connected and linked. To see the situation with FB/CA and then demand your users use their login is insult…
I'm currently working on a project which has only social login (but allows you to choose between facebook and google) and this was a very deliberate move. For any given person on this planet, there is a higher chance that they use facebook or gmail over any other "service", so no need to offer support for 10 different social logins. Also, this is more about imposing a qualitative filter on the users who sign up. If t…
“If the earliest users you have don't like you enough to give you their social login details ” Perhaps I’m an anomaly, but if there is no regular email sign-up, I’m not using your product, period. There’s enough information floating around about me in databases all over the world, I don’t need them to be further connected and linked. To see the situation with FB/CA and then demand your users use their login is insult…
For my little side project I’m using email only. Tangentially related, I quite like Medium’s workflow where you don’t need to enter passwords anymore. You just enter your address, they send a login email, you click the link in your email, and it redirects you to Medium, logged in.
Interesting, I always assumed this would be too much hassle for users since after the first login, the browser (mobile or desktop) would remember the password. Certainly seems like an optimum solution to typing a password on first login though (assuming the email is prompt).
Secondly, particularly on mobile, tapping through to email and hitting a link is probably faster and more convenient for most users than simply entering a password on the keyboard.
It's just a shame it's such a pain to write automated tests that go through the email login procedure compared to username/password ;-)
I'm a cofounder at CollegeAI.com. Our users can sign up via Facebook, Google or Email. Here are our stats: Google: 58% Email: 23% Facebook: 19% Most of our users are around 18yo.
The conversion rate of social logins with _your customers_ is the ultimate metric to look at. They are trivial to implement, do some A/B testing with your product and follow the metrics.
A CRM product, for example, might see almost zero social signups compared to email. But an app for photo editing might see 90%. Know and serve your own customers before following others' metrics. And good luck :)