HN create account removed from login page

#1

Post by leejw00t354 » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 2:21 PM UTC

HN create account removed from login page
news.ycombinator.com

Re: HN create account removed from login page

#2

Post by lubos » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 2:38 PM UTC

you can still create new account when submitting new content (while being logged off)

Re: HN create account removed from login page

#3

Post by alttab » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 2:38 PM UTC

This could just be maintenance. I can't imagine its good for YC's business model to shut down sign ups.

Re: HN create account removed from login page

#4

Post by blhack » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 2:38 PM UTC

Yeah, but if you try to comment on something, it will prompt you to create an account.

Go ahead an log out of your account and try to comment on this link.

Re: HN create account removed from login page

#5

Post by temp2012 » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 2:39 PM UTC

Also, OpenID has been removed. How do I login with my Google account?

Re: HN create account removed from login page

#6

Post by sparknlaunch » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 2:42 PM UTC

Noticed this today and assumed it was my local settings. Not that HN need to consult or communicate to users but was this announced?

I suspect you can still sign up but via another screen?

Re: HN create account removed from login page

#7

Post by kanamekun » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 2:52 PM UTC

sparknlaunch wrote: post #6

Noticed this today and assumed it was my local settings. Not that HN need to consult or communicate to users but was this announced? I suspect you can still sign up but via another screen?

This is a change to the registration interface. It shouldn't impact most (any?) existing members...

The loss of openid button definitely affects existing members though...

Re: HN create account removed from login page

#8

Post by thaumaturgy » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 2:52 PM UTC

pg (or possibly another admin these days) will remove the create-account functionality if HN suddenly becomes very popular, as with the LinkedIn thread. I'm trying to find one of his comments where he mentions this, but there are 8,511 to wade through, and the obvious searches haven't found it yet.

edit: I may have misremembered; the first reference I've found was http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3481174, but I'm still looking.

edit: Gave up looking. I probably don't know what I'm talking about.

Re: HN create account removed from login page

#9

Post by roel_v » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 2:53 PM UTC

temp2012 wrote: post #5

Also, OpenID has been removed. How do I login with my Google account?

You can't anymore. There was a post a few months ago that you should set a password on the site itself to be able to continue to log on in the future (future being now, since a couple of days or maybe even weeks already).

Re: HN create account removed from login page

#10

Post by iSloth » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 2:55 PM UTC

temp2012 wrote: post #5

Also, OpenID has been removed. How do I login with my Google account?

Simple, just do a password reset on your hn username and it forwards to your gmail account