Comment by mschuster91
4 days ago
> Seriously, we should let go of the idea that all of humanity should be part of a single Data Silo on the internet.
There's a reason these came to be in the first place though, and accounts are among the most prominent ones. A new forum means not just registering at yet another place, it also means creating a new label/folder in your email inbox and a new filter rule to properly redirect stuff. That's friction.
That was never much of a problem on the old internet. It's just something corporations made us feel entitled to. You don't use the same memorized password for all your really unimportant accounts and forget about them after you're done?
There's always the email option, too. "Found a bug? Email bugs@example.com." - that's the original decentralised discussion forum.
> It's just something corporations made us feel entitled to
Entitled? It's a necessity due to everyone and their dog either getting hacked or selling email addresses to spammers outright.
If you're on HN surely you have your own domain. Give out servicename@domain.com and block any that spam you