Re:Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
by ansy on Sunday November 20, 2011 @10:15PM
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Or, you know, just use a login name with a password? Why do identities need to be connected by default? Who really thinks making up a name and password is too much trouble? Are the Hacker News and Reddit models really so bad?
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Re:Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
by lachyg on Monday November 21, 2011 @12:19AM
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Facebook is great for a site like this, as it ties someone to a real identity. Excluding the few who don't want to use Facebook isn't a bad compromise for the great service it provides to site owners.
Re:Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
by darklajid on Monday November 21, 2011 @04:30AM
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Define 'real identity'. Either this site is meant to allow people to connect w/o knowing each other. Or it's for close friends (and in that case I don't see the point).
Facebook: 50% of my (heh.. Hate that site. Admittedly meager selection of 60 friends) have a pseudonym as name. Among my 2nd level friends that's even more common. It's really _uncommon_ to have a real looking name, not some play on words or weird spellings of something that not even remotely resembles your name. Ah yeah - and my privacy settings _should_, unless Zuck decided otherwise lately, make it impossible for anyone to see much about me anyway, so my 'real identity' is worth zilch.