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Pretty strange how Stellar is paying people to sign up with Facebook. Facebook is very centralized. These modern currencies are very decentralized. I don't mind

• flowless 12y ago
  +1. I won't use a service that forces me to connect with some 3d party.
  • chockablock 12y ago
    You don't have to connect with FB to create an account.
• jamiequint 12y ago
  Its not strange at all, otherwise it would be too easy to create a bunch of email accounts and "mine" stellar with them. With Facebook they have account history, number of friends, activity, etc as proof of validity. Its not a perfect measure but its much better than just allowing arbitrary email signups.
  • grey-area 12y ago
    I used a fake FB account to sign up and get stellar. This is in fact no protection at all and they should just drop the requirement.
• gdb 12y ago
  I hear you. It's a temporary measure: https://www.stellar.org/faq/#_Why_do_I_need_to_authenticate_with_Facebook_to_receive_my_stellars_ https://www.stellar.org/faq/#_Why_do_I_need_to_authenticate_.... Basically, it was an easy (but imperfect) way to start. We'd certainly love suggestions for other channels to distribute stellars.
  • spacefight 12y ago
    The signup with FB to get 5000 stellars pushed me off. Why should I give a totally new non-profit organisation access to my FB profile? I guess most of the devs here know, what that mean in terms of privacy.
    • gdb 12y ago
      Yep, for sure. The goal is to get stellars into the hands of as many people as possible, and so moving beyond just FB is definitely a priority. (If you want, I'd be happy to send you a few stellar to play with in the meanwhile.)
      • borec 12y ago
        I absolutely hate Facebook but I have a Facebook account which I never use (mostly used to look up people). I tried to use this account during the Stellar registration process and I am getting "Facebook account is too new to qualify". Can you please help?
        • gdb 12y ago
          Oof, that's annoying. We probably can't tell the age on your account. If you send me your stellar username, I'll send some stellars over.
          • 0x0 12y ago
            Aren't fb user IDs assigned as increasing numbers? You could probably just decide on a cut-off user ID and treat all lower numbers as "older".
            • ahupp 12y ago
              They are increasing within any one user database, but there are many of these databases. So useridA < useridB only implies B is newer than A if dbid(useridA) == dbid(useridB).
• poweribo 12y ago
  +1. signed but stopped when i saw connect to fb. no thanks.
  • andrewchambers 12y ago
    its a fb account for 5000 stellar, this is just to stop people spamming new accounts. You don't need to get the 5000 stellar.
• faultywasps 12y ago
  I bailed at the first page after the registration screen when I couldn't get any further due to the facebook requirement. I don't have a facebook account, who in tech has a facebook account these days? I just find it strange that a supposedly forward-thinking new platform would require technology most people I know abandoned last decade. You don't appeal to early-adopters by requiring they use dead-tech.
  • renaudg 12y ago
    "who in tech has a facebook account these days?" erm, lol ?
    • faultywasps 12y ago
      well, you know, apart from those who actually work for facebook. or zynga. I remember when we all had to create fake facebook accounts about 5 yrs ago when zynga tried to 'acqui-hire' our company just so we could see what farmville was like. thankfully that didn't happen.
• joeyspn 12y ago
  +1. Apparently they intend to comply with KYC regulations really early...
• lucb1e 12y ago
  Your Facebook account is totally your new IP address.