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You've probably heard this a couple of times, but - I don't have a GitHub account, don't want a github account, yet for me to use this I have to create a github account.

Any reason for this?

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We plan to broaden our auth options soon, though you can get almost the full experience anonymously without even logging in.

This was my exact thought, when i tried to sign up. I'm curious about this service but not enough to sign up to github to access this service.

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