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The reason I picked twitter is because I didn't want to provide that information.

• staunch 15y ago
  Totally understandable. We're doing the recently-controversial thing and encouraging real names (or at least first name last initial) to encourage trust. Since people's biggest concern with getting product recommendations is that they're biased it's a big plus on our site. I know it's super unpopoular position for some, but Yelp has been doing it for a very long time with great success.
  • ktsmith 15y ago
    It might make more sense to simply remove twitter as an option for authentication. It doesn't provide the information you are looking for and it's confusing to someone that's signing up to be prompted for name, email and a password after authorizing the app.
    • staunch 15y ago
      Well I just added the feature where it tries to fill in first/last name so you only have to do email/password, but yeah, it is definitely not saving a ton of time right now. We're going to do some more Twitter integration stuff though, so it might still be worthwhile.