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Show HN: I've created a third place. (for getting to know HNers)
- jsmoov 15y agoBackstory: This concept spawned from feedback received on HN for a previously failed idea. I look forward to your feedback and to getting to know some of you!
- dangrossman 15y agoThe text is so small I have to zoom in 3 times to get it the same size as Google with no zoom. I was too distracted by that to attempt to read anything. The only button on the page is a Facebook login that requires access to every bit of data in my account. I passed on that.
- kolektiv 15y agoEchoing the Facebook thing. Sounds like a neat idea but until you remove the FB requirement, I won't be trying it. Sorry, I just viscerally don't like tying things like this to things which are at best unrelated, possibly even the opposite in ethos.
- eru 15y agoI don't even have a facebook account in the first place.
- jsmoov 15y agoSorry to hear that. We went with the smaller font to fit everything on one page. Working on it now. As far as FB, we only ask for your email.
- prawn 15y agoIncrease the width of the page if you want to fit more in there. Your line length wasn't too long.
- dkersten 15y agoThe width takes up 1/4 of my browser width. Even on smaller monitors, I expect it could be close to twice the length without running off the page.
- metachris 15y agoAs far as FB, we only ask for your email. "thirdplace is requesting permission to do the following: * Access my basic information - Includes name, profile picture, gender, networks, user ID, list of friends, and any other information I've shared with everyone. * Send me email - thirdplace may email me directly at <email> * Access my data any time - thirdplace may access my data when I'm not using the application "
- jsmoov 15y agoUnfortunately, with FB all apps are required to ask for basic information. All we have control over is the additional data (email). You are right though, FB sometimes asks for/gives away a lot of data unnecessarily.
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- fernandotakai 15y agoI don't have a facebook account, so for now, cannot use it :(
- slater 15y agoAdded myself, but thought twice about giving you access to my Facebook stuff, so revoked the FB app stuff again. You don't need to access my FB account, period.
- getsat 15y agoEspecially since it's requesting offline_access. That's shady status for sure.
- olliesaunders 15y agoDamn, I was hoping this was going to be a real third place; you know, not on the Internet but in the real world.
- zhemao 15y agoI hate to sound like a grammar nazi, but is there a reason there is no capitalization on the front page? And I second everybody else. If anonymity is one of the features, having Facebook as the only login option kind of defeats that purpose. OpenID would be better.
- SoftwareMaven 15y agoPlease repost when/if you drop the FB requirement. I don't use my FB account anywhere but FB, and it really seems at odds with the "anonymous" aspects discussed. I would love to see it, thou, so here's hoping you don't stop here.
- jsmoov 15y agoIt's anonymous in that you don't have to give your name to anyone at any point. We keep it confidential. The FB requirement is a way of ensuring a few things, but primarily that you are acting as yourself (with your own photo).
- masnick 15y agoRequire a twitter or google acct. Use gravitar for the photo.
- hakanderyal 15y agoNice concept, terrible implementation design-wise.
- neutronicus 15y agoPassed because of the Facebook requirement.
- arkitaip 15y agoSorry, but I don't use Facebook so I'll pass on this.
- chegra84 15y agohmm... You seem to fail to take your audience into consideration. It is common for HN to resist facebook login.
- geuis 15y agoI was resistant to the FB login, but clicked it anyway. I balked when I saw your app requesting access to my information any time. Nope, not gonna happen.
- jfoucher 15y agoYeah, what this needs is just a regular openid login...
- TuxPirate 15y ago_"everyone provides a brief, anonymous introduction to their life"_ It still can track your identify since it uses facebook connect. Please make this anonymous for people who wish to be anonymous.
- swiecki 15y agoSaw the font size, closed the window. You have a column that is 330px wide? Make it twice that width, and increase the font size.
- shellab 15y agoWhen editing my profile, I click on "twitter username" or "blog or website url" and it immediately replaces the form with "entering a third place..." and it just sits there.