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Re: Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social login?

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Post by senorjazz »

wepple wrote: post #10
arsalanb wrote: post #7

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…

same. I lost my gmail account due to travelling around and my security question was nonsense with a nonsense answer as I knew I would never forget my password.

Eventually I got back into the account after a few months, since then I never rely on a google account for anything.

Similarly, I don't use facebook.

As for my data: 100% email login (I don't allow social logins)

Re: Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social login?

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Post by packet_nerd »

wepple wrote: post #10
arsalanb wrote: post #7

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…

Same here. If Google or FB are the only ways to sign up I'll pass.

It bothers me (in a philosophical way) that everything is being tied back to the 2 or 3 biggest walled garden providers, further centralizing control.

I wish there was like an open standard that apps could implement, and the users could choose to log in with any provider that implemented the standard (maybe this exists already?). I'd go for that.

Re: Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social login?

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Post by stanleydrew »

monocasa wrote: post #34
stanleydrew wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah, the PSTN was the original social network. And they even developed the first cloud app: voicemail.

Email's older than voice mail.

Fair enough, though I wouldn't call it a "cloud" application until webmail became prominent in the late 90s.

Re: Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social login?

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Post by Terr_ »

Tyrannosaur wrote: post #37
jiveturkey wrote: post #23

There's an evil with social login in that you give up the knowledge of your social (presumably personal) network to random 3rd parties. That's even worse than email address. With password managers being essentially mandatory now, it's not too hard to create a new email/password based account for every new site. But recently I realized that I don't use my FB for anything. I have zero friends, don't allow friend reques…

3rd party knowing about your social network is one thing; do you not also worry about Facebook knowing about all these 3rd party things too?

Or even worse, anything that might create a bridge between the two, so that the different third-party sites are aware that you are on each-other.

Re: Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social login?

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Post by scrollaway »

pvg wrote: post #79
scrollaway wrote: post #27

100% (Blizzard login). My site is based on a Blizzard game, so it doesn't really make sense to have an account unless it's linked to a blizzard account. But what that means is that if your upstream login provider is down or having issues, your users can't log into your site, so don't do this unless it really makes sense for you. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/282271461853626368/42... OTOH, we don't really hav…

Have you written much about your site/service elsewhere?

Not terribly much. Feel free to ask if you wish to know anything.

Re: Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social login?

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Post by vortico »

golergka wrote: post #55
vortico wrote: post #54

Tens of thousands, email + password only. Not one person has complained.

What's the product?

https://vcvrack.com/

I handle password resets by hand when people email my support address. A horrible solution, but it's a great form of rate limiting and prevents abuse, and I only get 1 request/day average.

Re: Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social login?

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Post by lancewiggs »

jfaucett wrote: post #76

All my side projects and any projects I control use exclusively social login. Here's why. 1. Its way easier on me. I don't have to worry about password resets or users hacking an account in the site. OAuth and be done. 2. I don't have to deal with any outgoing or incoming emails and complaints dealing with login. 3. I don't have to worry about scammers, since google/facebook pretty much require phone, a non fake emai…

Then I would never sign up to any of these sites. While I’ve been an edge case for a few years, I suspect it will be increasingly normal - especially for customers who are willing to pay.
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