Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts
by publiush on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:39PM
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This isn't a marketing message/post.
This is a Hacker project to explore improved ways of doing things with the new primitives of our collective technology base. In this case, owning your own identity with a decentralized identity system.
I think marketing posts are better suited for another forum, no?
Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts
by andrewstuart on Friday December 31, 2021 @09:50PM
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>> I think marketing posts are better suited for another forum, no?
No, Hacker News "Show HN" posts are often launch/marketing posts - totally accepted here.
Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts
by Handytinge on Friday December 31, 2021 @08:30PM
(#29754512)
100%. I'm sure GP had good intentions here, but productisation of any project is a big part of what's wrong with tech today.
Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts
by publiush on Friday December 31, 2021 @08:38PM
(#29754565)
I agree that the intentions were pure. That said, this isn't a product, but instead, a project with a specific goal of improving internet security by showcasing concepts to the HN community. The discussion within the thread, I think, is indication that it is helping to inch closer to that goal as more users on HN are made aware of the beneficial tools cryptography with Handshake provides.
People hated it and actually took the time to complain.
The lesson for me - make your auth process precisely what people expect - if there's feedback, it should be about your product, not about the signup process.
Signup process is not a feature - it's plumbing.
In the case of this new product / service - I note the headline is almost unrelated to what the product does - it's a headline about how the auth works on this - the technology something is built with shouldn't be the marketing message.