Why Facebook Connect Shouldn't Be Your Only Sign-in Option
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Re: Why Facebook Connect Shouldn't Be Your Only Sign-in Option
#2What is this strikethrough?
Re: Why Facebook Connect Shouldn't Be Your Only Sign-in Option
#3There'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.
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#5While I agree that FB Connect as the only login option is a bad idea, I also don't think that the average user even reads the permissions dialog. We've run a few A/B tests in the past of asking for different permissions- there will be a decline when asking for more, but not a significant one.
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#6I am managing a portal which offers the possibility to use FB Connect (in addition to own Login) and since you get no SLA from Facebook for their APIs I only can warn everyone to use the FB-only login. FB API can be randomly buggy for some hours without the possibility to get your users online.
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#7I never put a FB Connect button, but some people complain because they are used to logging in with one. It's a pain because it's another platform you have to support if you're a developer.
What happened to the days when you just had to implement a simple website for 1 browser, without having to worry about multiple browsers, supporting iPhone, iPad, Android, and enabling Facebook/Twitter/OpenID logins, and finding friends through facebook/twitter/gmail?
New technologies for consumers are great, but for producers who rather create the next Facebook instead of using it, they can be a hassle to support.
Re: Why Facebook Connect Shouldn't Be Your Only Sign-in Option
#8There'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.
Ditto. Sure, a lot of people prefer the convenience of being able to log in without creating another account and password, and will just click okay without looking at how many privileges the app is asking for; so having a FB (and Twitter and Google and ...) login option can streamline things for them. But when that's the only option you're going to lose a big chunk of your potential users right off the bat.
Re: Why Facebook Connect Shouldn't Be Your Only Sign-in Option
#9There'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.
Me too, because I don't have a FB account. I actively avoid one. I'm being excluded from marketing campaigns, contests, and give-aways because I don't trust FB with my privacy.
Re: Why Facebook Connect Shouldn't Be Your Only Sign-in Option
#10Facebook Connect shouldn't be your only sign-in option because some people don't have and/or don't want to have a Facebook account. Simple as that.