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Oh wow, glad I saw the HN bots tweeeting that this was on the front page. (co-founder here). I'm sure people will be frustrated that there's a login gate. We d
by austenallred 12y ago
Oh wow, glad I saw the HN bots tweeeting that this was on the front page. (co-founder here).
I'm sure people will be frustrated that there's a login gate. We don't like it either, but we had some members of ISIS come in and try to wreak havoc, and it was hard to follow their IPs, so we started requiring accounts so we could hellban them. Hopefully that's a temporary measure.
We're learning there's lots we still need to fix and improve, but I'd love to hear your comments.
- devonoel 12y agoI was just about to comment on the login wall. You should consider at least including a tour, so people can see what this site actually is before signing up.
- austenallred 12y agoYa, it's at the top of the to-do list. Honestly didn't think this was going to take off so much, so didn't really care. But now it's become a priority.
- gelatocar 12y agoSorry to hear that people have been trying to mess with your site, but why do you require an account just to view the page?
- austenallred 12y agoEventually we'll build out multiple states; we didn't have time to do that, so we just threw a gate on the whole damn thing. It's a temporary measure, fixing 10 things at once right now. Had 2,500 unexpected signups today, so things are a little hectic.
- gelatocar 12y agoFair enough, best of luck getting it all sorted.