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"the annoyance that is "Sign up with a username, email address, and password"." I know of an easy way to remove 33% of that ... Email addresses are globally u
by rsync 11y ago
"the annoyance that is "Sign up with a username, email address, and password"."
I know of an easy way to remove 33% of that ...
Email addresses are globally unique, and everyone already knows theirs ... email + password seems like a simple, well accepted and workable solution.
Right ?
- cogg 11y agoUnless you need a way to identify someone in the UI like here on HN.
- swalsh 11y agoBecause i'd love for my reddit username to be my email when i decide to play devils advocate, and campaign for Trump.
- ebbv 11y agoPretty easy to register TrumpRulez2016@yahoo.com for that purpose.
- johnmaguire2013 11y agoIf you have that kind of site, then do what reddit did -- cut out the email address. Still a 33% saving.
- Consultant32452 11y agoEmails may be globally unique but they aren't static over time. I have some accounts on websites where the login is an email address I no longer have access to.
- pfooti 11y agoHeck, my microsoft account is tied to an email I can no longer access, but I'm not able to change it, because my generic gmail identity somehow got an xbox account tied to it and that apparently means I can no longer transfer my xbox profile from my old email account to my new one. My appleId has an @mac.com email address which means it is for some reason immutable - I can not change my address. Jobs only knows where emails from apple to me end up, I really don't do much with my appleid anymore other than re-authorize the appstore every month when I need to update xcode.
- SwellJoe 11y agoOur website has forums and an issue tracker. Many users do not want to reveal their email address in those contexts. For a couple of service-oriented sites I'm working on, which won't have forums or public issue trackers, they only use email address (which is change-able). But, it's just not an option for my primary business website.