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Comment by mooreds

5 years ago

> Nobody wants to register on some random weird site,

Simple fix: add login with google/github.

Slack is great for the question asker, no question. Quick response, great interface. But for the question answerer, not so great.

Reddit and Stackoverflow are different beasts and share some of the value of forums; the downside there is that someone else owns that content/SEO value.

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Ekaros  5 years ago

I don't want that either. Why should I tell google or github which sites I use... And tie also the accounts there to my google account.

  • ClumsyPilot  5 years ago

    "I don't want that either."

    Then use a password manager. Pick your poison.

    Thats how we end up with apps without passeords, with just phone number/sms verification

  • mooreds  5 years ago

    This is what openid (the original) was designed to fix. You get to own your identity and delegate it if desired. But adoption didn't really happen.

    But I get it. Maybe a throwaway email address is the right way around it for you?

    • klyrs  5 years ago

      "Throwaway email address" has gotten a lot tougher in the last 10 years. It's not impossible, but many providers demand a phone number or email verification. The ones who don't are used by bots, so those email addresses aren't universally accepted by sites that require email verification.

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