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by quantumwoke 2983 days ago
I wish you could sign up with your social media account or use more of a frictionless signup flow ala reddit or HN. The IRC 'signup' process (pick a name, start chatting) has always seemed to me the best option for messaging platforms, although it's not widely adoped.
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We used to have social logins but we ditched them for now, people want to chat pseudonymously. I would like to do the name only signup at some point. We currently use email to do: * password recovery * send people a summary about who got in after they have left the community

Ideally we would let people opt in to that last part. Then all we need is a way to secure access to your nick.