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By doing this, SeatGeek seem to be going against the trend of recent years. Why have some forums not only provided Facebook sign-up, but even insisted on it or
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
By doing this, SeatGeek seem to be going against the trend of recent years. Why have some forums not only provided Facebook sign-up, but even insisted on it or hid deep in the UI the ability to sign in with a username and password?
Was it just to discourage spammers from signing up, because Facebook has taken measures to ensure that there is a real person behind each Facebook account? Or by logging on through Facebook, did you reveal details about yourself to the forum’s proprietors that could be used for targeted advertising?
- brogrammernot 6y agoReducing friction in a signup flow is key and that’s what FB login did. It made signing up easy as people already had an account. You could pull some data attributes depending on what you were looking for but overall, it made signup flows significantly easier. Now FB doesn’t carry the same brand trust it used to and folks prefer their own signup flow.
- lmm 6y agoI suspect it was mostly to avoid having to deal with password resets / forgotten emails. Concerns (whether accurate or not) about GDPR compliance accelerated the trend. Forums are mostly run by overworked volunteers who don't particularly care about the tech side of things and just want to get on with whatever the forum is actually for discussing.