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It has a polished and very curious UI. The problem I can see is there is not enough incentive for people to signup. The value proposition is hard to justify. So

It has a polished and very curious UI. The problem I can see is there is not enough incentive for people to signup. The value proposition is hard to justify. So you just post a question and share a link so people will answer? How is it any better than ASK HN here or reddit? At least you can give some social login choices to lower the entry barrier.

thepra 5y ago
The target is groups of people that do, more or less, know each other. This discussions aren't public and given the target the value proposition is discussions without personal bias(anonymity until the end of the discussion). And social logins are next in the bucket list :)
- derekzhouzhen 5y ago
  Can you clarify the part of "anonymity until the end of the discussion". If a friend send me a collAnon link, and I make some uncomplimentary remarks and she will know it was me in the end? How about other people in the discussion?
  - thepra 5y ago
    The discussions, when opened, have an end date, until which all the answers/contributions/comments are anonymous to everyone(including the likes), and when that date is reached everyone can see the best answers. So yes, she'll know it only in the end. Also for the other people, contributions are made and discussed without having to think about who wrote it but what was written and how much of a good contribution it was(through likes, also visible in the end). It's a way to skip that part of biased reasoning that could come out and shape the answer when someone knows that he/she is answering its boss/manager/coworker.
- sonmicrosystems 5y ago
  For the social login, do you think it can support "Sign in with SimpleLogin" [1], an anonymous social login? [1]: https://simplelogin.io/developer/ https://simplelogin.io/developer/
  - thepra 5y ago
    What I can't find on the website is the case where a legit user that does already have an account on one of those socials and can still use that same account through this service. Do you happen to know about this possibility?
    - sonmicrosystems 5y ago
      I'm not sure to understand the question. If a user has already used the "Sign in with SimpleLogin" on CollAnon, they will be automatically logged in the next time. There's a demo on https://forum.simplelogin.io https://forum.simplelogin.io
      - thepra 5y ago
        I tried it out in the end but didn't find "anonymous social login", which I assumed its gonna be a middle man service that supports the usual social logins like Facebook, Google, Instagram, etc., but it doesn't seem the case.

thepra 5y ago

The target is groups of people that do, more or less, know each other. This discussions aren't public and given the target the value proposition is discussions without personal bias(anonymity until the end of the discussion). And social logins are next in the bucket list :)

derekzhouzhen 5y ago
Can you clarify the part of "anonymity until the end of the discussion". If a friend send me a collAnon link, and I make some uncomplimentary remarks and she will know it was me in the end? How about other people in the discussion?
- thepra 5y ago
  The discussions, when opened, have an end date, until which all the answers/contributions/comments are anonymous to everyone(including the likes), and when that date is reached everyone can see the best answers. So yes, she'll know it only in the end. Also for the other people, contributions are made and discussed without having to think about who wrote it but what was written and how much of a good contribution it was(through likes, also visible in the end). It's a way to skip that part of biased reasoning that could come out and shape the answer when someone knows that he/she is answering its boss/manager/coworker.
sonmicrosystems 5y ago
For the social login, do you think it can support "Sign in with SimpleLogin" [1], an anonymous social login? [1]: https://simplelogin.io/developer/ https://simplelogin.io/developer/
- thepra 5y ago
  What I can't find on the website is the case where a legit user that does already have an account on one of those socials and can still use that same account through this service. Do you happen to know about this possibility?
  - sonmicrosystems 5y ago
    I'm not sure to understand the question. If a user has already used the "Sign in with SimpleLogin" on CollAnon, they will be automatically logged in the next time. There's a demo on https://forum.simplelogin.io https://forum.simplelogin.io
    - thepra 5y ago
      I tried it out in the end but didn't find "anonymous social login", which I assumed its gonna be a middle man service that supports the usual social logins like Facebook, Google, Instagram, etc., but it doesn't seem the case.