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Why on earth do I need to log in to read what seems to be a bug report?

by kijin 15y ago

Skywing 15y ago
Perhaps a better question is, why not? It affects Facebook users, so it makes sense to be one (and therefor have no issue with signing in) in order to view the bug, right? I don't see the big issue with that. It seems like "having to sign in" is a popular thing to dislike, lately - not just for Facebook.
- darxius 15y ago
  What if I don't have a facebook account? I'm a software developer who would like to learn from other's mistakes.
  - oliciv 15y ago
    Why do Facebook owe you that for free?
  - SimHacker 15y ago
    Sometimes software developers have to do things they don't completely enjoy in order to do their work, like write PHP code, or test software, or fix bugs, or read documentation, or read other peoples code, or go to meetings, or create accounts on the system they're writing software for, or look at widely used systems that they would not normally use themselves. It's a hard life. But then again, there's an upside: you get to listen to yourself complain about having to do things you don't like doing. And that makes it all worth it.
- bnegreve 15y ago
  They asking people to prove their identity while it is completely unnecessary. If you ask me my id before even telling me what we are going to talk about, I will probably go away.
- sanxiyn 15y ago
  This is ridiculous. Who forces login to view, say, Bugzilla bugs? I don't know of any such project.
manojlds 15y ago
If you can't be bothered to sign in, why do you want to see a "bug report" that affects facebook users?
- matznerd 15y ago
  Some people choose not to have a Facebook account on sheer principle.
  - danilocampos 15y ago
    Such a bug report is of little consequence to those individuals.
    - Natsu 15y ago
      That doesn't mean we don't want to know what happened or why.
  - yuliyp 15y ago
    Those people probably aren't developers of Facebook apps, though.
- fletchowns 15y ago
  Yes, heaven forbid a site that consists of a bunch of software developers wants to read about why one of the largest sites in the world is having an issue.
  - deleted 15y ago
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Why on earth do I need to log in to read what seems to be a bug report?

by kijin 15y ago

Why on earth do I need to log in to read what seems to be a bug report?

Perhaps a better question is, why not? It affects Facebook users, so it makes sense to be one (and therefor have no issue with signing in) in order to view the bug, right? I don't see the big issue with that. It seems like "having to sign in" is a popular thing to dislike, lately - not just for Facebook.

darxius 15y ago
What if I don't have a facebook account? I'm a software developer who would like to learn from other's mistakes.
- oliciv 15y ago
  Why do Facebook owe you that for free?
- SimHacker 15y ago
  Sometimes software developers have to do things they don't completely enjoy in order to do their work, like write PHP code, or test software, or fix bugs, or read documentation, or read other peoples code, or go to meetings, or create accounts on the system they're writing software for, or look at widely used systems that they would not normally use themselves. It's a hard life. But then again, there's an upside: you get to listen to yourself complain about having to do things you don't like doing. And that makes it all worth it.
bnegreve 15y ago
They asking people to prove their identity while it is completely unnecessary. If you ask me my id before even telling me what we are going to talk about, I will probably go away.
sanxiyn 15y ago
This is ridiculous. Who forces login to view, say, Bugzilla bugs? I don't know of any such project.

manojlds 15y ago

If you can't be bothered to sign in, why do you want to see a "bug report" that affects facebook users?

matznerd 15y ago
Some people choose not to have a Facebook account on sheer principle.
- danilocampos 15y ago
  Such a bug report is of little consequence to those individuals.
  - Natsu 15y ago
    That doesn't mean we don't want to know what happened or why.
- yuliyp 15y ago
  Those people probably aren't developers of Facebook apps, though.
fletchowns 15y ago
Yes, heaven forbid a site that consists of a bunch of software developers wants to read about why one of the largest sites in the world is having an issue.
- deleted 15y ago
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