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Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by judge2020 on Saturday April 16, 2022 @05:52PM (#31056420)
A lot of human time is sacrificed to maintain passwords for different websites; having a one-click sign in option saves a lot of people the time and headache of having to deal with a compromised account or forgotten password years in the future.
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Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by loceng on Sunday April 17, 2022 @08:25AM (#31060371)
Who you give the gatekeeping keys to has importance and value.
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Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by judge2020 on Sunday April 17, 2022 @02:39PM (#31063122)
The only other option is passwordless webauthn which has a lot of downsides compared to social sign in. Allowing people to sign in with social is a personal choice that i'm happy many sites give the option of using.
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Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by loceng on Sunday April 17, 2022 @02:45PM (#31063168)
I'm not saying it shouldn't be an option but we should be conscious of who we give that login data to and how they're use/benefit from it and then misuse or waste the value they extract from it; be conscious of who we reward with our actions.
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