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EDIT: After posting my initial comment below, I thought what the heck, I should try and be more constructive. So I signed up with my Facebook. And this is what

by revorad 15y ago

EDIT: After posting my initial comment below, I thought what the heck, I should try and be more constructive. So I signed up with my Facebook. And this is what I got: "You're in! We're working hard to gather the events you should know about and will be in touch soon. Please recommend us to your friends." You've got to be kidding me. This is really bad form. Deleted. Goodbye. ======= Since you're posting an Ask HN type post, you should add a description of your app. Or post it as a direct url link. This is the worst of both worlds: people can't directly click through to see what the app is and they can't read your description either. The idea sounds good(!) but there have been many such apps. So you might have to tell us a bit more to convince us why yours is better. Given the recent hatred for Facebook, making it FB-connect only will probably not fly here. It will probably work fine for non-HN people, but I've been surprised recently by my completely non-techie friends who refuse to sign up to any apps with FB connect because of trust issues. If you can do a demo video or at least some examples of the types of events you suggest, then you might get more useful feedback. And I might actually use it because I am often looking for things to do. Direct link - http://ksoundsgood.com http://ksoundsgood.com

instakill 15y ago
I disagree about removing FB-connect as the only auth method. There's nothing wrong with it, despite the current perception around privacy issues. You did say that us techie-types are more aware of the cookie issue but you can't extrapolate some of your non-techie friends to the rest of what would be the OP's target audience.
- revorad 15y ago
  You don't have to remove FB-connect. You can just add other ways to sign up. I understand if the OP didn't do it just to launch asap, but I pointed it out so that he/she gets the most use out of posting it on HN.
- mike-cardwell 15y ago
  This policy of "only cater for Facebook users, and only Facebook users who don't care about privacy" prevents me from using the service, and prevents me from recommending it to friends and family. That doesn't sound like "nothing wrong" to me. The vast majority of websites let anybody with an email address sign up. This site doesn't.

by revorad 15y ago

instakill 15y ago

I disagree about removing FB-connect as the only auth method. There's nothing wrong with it, despite the current perception around privacy issues. You did say that us techie-types are more aware of the cookie issue but you can't extrapolate some of your non-techie friends to the rest of what would be the OP's target audience.

revorad 15y ago
You don't have to remove FB-connect. You can just add other ways to sign up. I understand if the OP didn't do it just to launch asap, but I pointed it out so that he/she gets the most use out of posting it on HN.
mike-cardwell 15y ago
This policy of "only cater for Facebook users, and only Facebook users who don't care about privacy" prevents me from using the service, and prevents me from recommending it to friends and family. That doesn't sound like "nothing wrong" to me. The vast majority of websites let anybody with an email address sign up. This site doesn't.