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Co-creator Joe here! Thanks for all the questions! Will try to address each one point by point below 1) Initially we went with magic links because we thought t
by nezaj 6y ago
Co-creator Joe here! Thanks for all the questions! Will try to address each one point by point below
1) Initially we went with magic links because we thought that would be a better UX. It's been surprising and amusing to see how much feedback we get on this. We hear you loud and clear and will budget some time to move auth from magic links to passwords / o-auth
2) Privacy settings make sense! We'll be baking this in the near future :)
3) Comments and discussion are coming soon!
In terms of paying -- Stopa and I are both running on our savings for now :) Our main focus is to build something awesome that we ourselves love and other people want. Assuming we succeed at that, when the time for monetization comes we will never sell user data (this is a first principle for us).
Prior to this Show HN we hadn't gotten any feedback re: adding a privacy policy -- we hear you loud and clear and will add that in. For GDPR, we are big believers that users should own their own data and will build out data export and account deletion features in the future.
- HenryBemis 6y agoThank you Joe. One thought I had (disclaimer: I am not looking for a date!!!!)(for now!). I also see this as an opportunity to "meet like-minded people in your area". I remember back in the day where ICQ had a 'search' mode. Imagine I can pick 10 books that someone (m/f/...) has read in my area. I am not suggesting your make this a dating site, but for introverts/avid readers it wouldn't surprise me if people would be paying attention to that. Perhaps a setting that would add the location "Henry" versus "Henry (London, UK)". Feel free to add this on the "never do" list :)
- nezaj 6y agoWe have indeed been hearing people ask for self-reporting gender and location! And indeed books are a great way to connect with others. Thanks for the feedback, we're taking note! Please feel free to share more ideas :)
- HenryBemis 6y ago"Delete account" please (no sneaky deactivations)(GDPR right to be forgotten applies for you as well). Oh, and make it easy please.
- stopachka 6y ago!00% : )