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We will add independent login in the future. We started with Facebook because it is easy to bootstrap the network, it is where most people want to share their v

by justin 16y ago

We will add independent login in the future. We started with Facebook because it is easy to bootstrap the network, it is where most people want to share their videos anyways, and it allows us to keep the content clean much easier as most people don't want to troll under their own name.

jsavimbi 16y ago
Why don't you level with: "We use Facebook because we think you'll be less-inclined to share naughty videos using your own account. This is our lazy effort to censor you and can easily be overcome using dummy accounts and/or by simply not caring about your trusty Facebook account being associated with naughty content. We know you want to be naughty but we don't want your naughty because we recognize what a cesspool YouTube is and would sincerely like to avoid that. By using Facebook only." "We won't guarantee to add any additional login options in the future as we had no plan to implement them in the first release, even though they come standard with any auth package, because we want everyone to use Facebook to upload and share their videos, due to the XYZ revenue/bubble model that we decided to use. Don't believe us? Email/pass setup is easier than Omniauth. Go ahead and try it." "Our users, and by extension any HN reader, is a fucking moron who won't mind someone pissing on their face whilst talking about the weather." Try being honest. It might work. I hope that sometime in the next five years, designers will stop using the picture of a phone to communicate the platform upon which they desire you to use their product, as much as I don't send my girlfriend a picture of the back seat of my car when I want to have sex. She's not stupid.
- sthatipamala 16y ago
  I don't see what warrants this kind of vitriol against someone who just made a product which you are not forced to use.
  - 9999 16y ago
    Some of his speculation on the underlying reasons for facebook only auth (they don't want dirty videos) seem astute. As for the vitriol, Justin's reply seemed slightly disingenuous and people don't like being duped.
  - jsavimbi 16y ago
    Maybe it was this that set off my bullshit detector, but then again, real bullshitter would be offended by these lazy attempts: - Trust me, we use the app all the time and none of us would want it to autoshare. In this day and age, you come out with "trust me". You must think we're stupid. - We will add independent login in the future. Why? It's an obvious Facebook video play and the market, as shown by recent events, is ready for it. Why say otherwise? It's a this for that, and that's ok. - it is where most people want to share their videos anyways Do you have any numbers gleaned from a survey that includes "most people" or am I to take your word for it? - most people don't want to troll under their own name You've never watched TV or are pretending noen of us never have. Be authentic, make a kickass product. Is it that hard or do you have to lie to yourselves?

by justin 16y ago

jsavimbi 16y ago

Why don't you level with: "We use Facebook because we think you'll be less-inclined to share naughty videos using your own account. This is our lazy effort to censor you and can easily be overcome using dummy accounts and/or by simply not caring about your trusty Facebook account being associated with naughty content. We know you want to be naughty but we don't want your naughty because we recognize what a cesspool YouTube is and would sincerely like to avoid that. By using Facebook only." "We won't guarantee to add any additional login options in the future as we had no plan to implement them in the first release, even though they come standard with any auth package, because we want everyone to use Facebook to upload and share their videos, due to the XYZ revenue/bubble model that we decided to use. Don't believe us? Email/pass setup is easier than Omniauth. Go ahead and try it." "Our users, and by extension any HN reader, is a fucking moron who won't mind someone pissing on their face whilst talking about the weather." Try being honest. It might work. I hope that sometime in the next five years, designers will stop using the picture of a phone to communicate the platform upon which they desire you to use their product, as much as I don't send my girlfriend a picture of the back seat of my car when I want to have sex. She's not stupid.

sthatipamala 16y ago
I don't see what warrants this kind of vitriol against someone who just made a product which you are not forced to use.
- 9999 16y ago
  Some of his speculation on the underlying reasons for facebook only auth (they don't want dirty videos) seem astute. As for the vitriol, Justin's reply seemed slightly disingenuous and people don't like being duped.
- jsavimbi 16y ago
  Maybe it was this that set off my bullshit detector, but then again, real bullshitter would be offended by these lazy attempts: - Trust me, we use the app all the time and none of us would want it to autoshare. In this day and age, you come out with "trust me". You must think we're stupid. - We will add independent login in the future. Why? It's an obvious Facebook video play and the market, as shown by recent events, is ready for it. Why say otherwise? It's a this for that, and that's ok. - it is where most people want to share their videos anyways Do you have any numbers gleaned from a survey that includes "most people" or am I to take your word for it? - most people don't want to troll under their own name You've never watched TV or are pretending noen of us never have. Be authentic, make a kickass product. Is it that hard or do you have to lie to yourselves?