Ask HN: Would you rather log in with Facebook or leave your e-mail?
I'm building a free to play strategy game using node.js and HTML5 canvas and I was planning to release it on Facebook. But, many have told me that people don't like logging into Facebook to play it because they are scared they would be spammed. I've seen other similar games, and they require your e-mail instead.
Now, this looks controversial to me. Is it really true that people would rather leave their e-mail (which can then be spammed to death) than login with Facebook (where you can easily revoke permissions for each game separately)?
If you considered playing a game, would you rather log into Facebook or leave your e-mail?
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Also people usually have an email account to register on non-important possibly-spammy stuff. So they don't even need to bother about spam.
Even if I still had a Facebook account, I would prefer email. Facebook doesn't need to know everything about me.
As incision points out, I'm more likely to try it if I don't have to sign in at all. If I want to save my state I can give you an email or a made up ID then.
If the game saves state, so I can login again later, then I'd prefer to start playing without signing in at all. Then, when I'm ready to leave, if I want to save, then I'll give you some identifier. At this point, the identifier doesn't matter much because I've decided I want to give you something.