We have another reason right now: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3550163
When it get's down, you are screwed.
Why Facebook Connect Shouldn't Be Your Only Sign-in Option
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#72This post reminded me to look for open source code to handle multi-logins, I'm currently in the planning stage of a project. These seem quite comprehensive. Is there any reason why I would be better off rolling my own code?
http://www.omniauth.org (Ruby/Rack)
https://github.com/bnoguchi/everyauth (node.js)
https://github.com/ciaranj/connect-auth (node.js)
Re: Why Facebook Connect Shouldn't Be Your Only Sign-in Option
#73Also, please don't make Twitter your only sign-in option. I've come across lots of programmer-oriented startups that I'd like to sign up for, only to find that I require a Twitter account. Well guess what guys, not every competent programmer is on Twitter, or wants to be. PLEASE just let me create an account on your system without assuming everybody on the planet uses Twitter. (Or FB.)
Re: Why Facebook Connect Shouldn't Be Your Only Sign-in Option
#74This is the problem with centralization.
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#75There's a good chance that if FB is the only sign-in option, I will immediately close the window and never use your service. It's pretty much an insta-bounce for me for the exact reasons cited in the article.
Would a google (oauth) login in additon to Facebook connect solve the problem for most users OR is it necessary to also have an option to register an account?
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't, my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles don't, my best friend doesn't, several of my favorite past and present colleagues don't. There are times I really wonder where Facebook's massive userbase comes from, and how it can ever possibly occur to anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances, to make Facebook the sole login system for their web startup that otherwise has little or nothing to do with Facebook.
Given that there are ~ 300M americans and facebook has ~850M users, my guess is that most of their userbase is overseas (and oftentimes falling prey to the whole "americans use it, so I should also be using it" mentality)
I suspect there are a lot of throw-away lurker accounts created merely to sign into something that needed a Facebook sign-in (typically a Google result). I've created a few of those myself. I do not have a "real" Facebook account, and I have no plans to create one.
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#77The reason people pick Facebook only is because they think that losing users that don't use Facebook is better than having to implement your own account system. Authorization and account management is really easy to screw up. If you leave it to Facebook, you'll save a lot of time. The only question is whether or not it's worth it.
I'm gone if I visit your site.
Or, if I'm not, I've polluted your user database with one of my throw-away Facebook accounts just so I could see what was behind that search result that caught my eye.
userid, password. What part of that do you not understand?
Re: Why Facebook Connect Shouldn't Be Your Only Sign-in Option
#78Another good reason is that you are closing the door to a 1.3 billion people market (China).
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
Given that there are ~ 300M americans and facebook has ~850M users, my guess is that most of their userbase is overseas (and oftentimes falling prey to the whole "americans use it, so I should also be using it" mentality)
I suspect there are a lot of throw-away lurker accounts created merely to sign into something that needed a Facebook sign-in (typically a Google result). I've created a few of those myself. I do not have a "real" Facebook account, and I have no plans to create one.
Plus lots of Facebook games encourage you to spam your friends daily for rewards. I know there are people who want the rewards but don't want to spam their friends: I'd love to know how many Facebook accounts are created simply as dummy accounts to send spam to.
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#80Besides the confusing modal, you should not do it, because of what Moot has putten nicely:
“Google and Facebook would have you believe that you’re a mirror, but in fact, we’re more like diamonds.”
Give them the choice if they want to create a new ID for your service or not.