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by joshka 700 days ago
Please don't request email address when authorizing using github auth. This invariably leads to spam, either intentionally, or accidentally when services don't guard their database / email sending. Instead make this optional and if not entered prompt me to provide an email address once signed up (and do the right email confirmation dance as needed).
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Thanks for the suggestion but we need to alert our users of important changes!
Then ask for an email address for that purpose... in your app... for your app...