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I once created a SAAS application that did not have the "ordinary" workflow that people expect these days - email/password or social login. People hated it and
by andrewstuart 5y ago
I once created a SAAS application that did not have the "ordinary" workflow that people expect these days - email/password or social login.
People hated it and actually took the time to complain.
The lesson for me - make your auth process precisely what people expect - if there's feedback, it should be about your product, not about the signup process.
Signup process is not a feature - it's plumbing.
In the case of this new product / service - I note the headline is almost unrelated to what the product does - it's a headline about how the auth works on this - the technology something is built with shouldn't be the marketing message.
- publiush 5y agoThis isn't a marketing message/post. This is a Hacker project to explore improved ways of doing things with the new primitives of our collective technology base. In this case, owning your own identity with a decentralized identity system. I think marketing posts are better suited for another forum, no?
- Handytinge 5y ago100%. I'm sure GP had good intentions here, but productisation of any project is a big part of what's wrong with tech today.
- publiush 5y agoI agree that the intentions were pure. That said, this isn't a product, but instead, a project with a specific goal of improving internet security by showcasing concepts to the HN community. The discussion within the thread, I think, is indication that it is helping to inch closer to that goal as more users on HN are made aware of the beneficial tools cryptography with Handshake provides.
- andrewstuart 5y ago>> I think marketing posts are better suited for another forum, no? No, Hacker News "Show HN" posts are often launch/marketing posts - totally accepted here.