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Ask HN: What sign up method do you prefer?
a) Local auth - username/password
b) oAuth - sign in with Google/Twitter/Facebook, etc.
c) Passwordless - get an Email with a 1-time login link (session preserved for ~30 days), no password to remember
Also, if you run a site, have you noticed greater user adoption with any of these methods?
- slater 9y agod) username, e-mail and password
- arca_vorago 9y agoI prefer none.
- tmnvix 9y agoEmail as username and a password. Sign in with Google/Twitter/Facebook? No chance. While (c) is nice, and I have considered it for my own projects, it is impractical because of greylisting[1]. See this comment from just a few hours ago about signing in to Medium: "The first time I used it the mail didn't arrive until the day after..."[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylisting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylisting [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14887204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14887204
- Rjevski 9y agoUsername/password or passwordless. I never use third-party logins.