Ask HN: Are you more likely to join sites offering Social Auth?

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I've been having a lot of internal dialogue lately, weighing the pros and cons of Social Authentication for account setup. What are your thoughts on the matter? Still absolutely required? Do most of your signups happen with or without it?

The biggest pro in my book is the speed in getting a new application up and running. Without having to worry about user authentication, password resets, etc.

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Yes, absolutely.

On the one hand, it removes friction as it doesn't require you to manually provide a bunch of personal information like my email, potentially my first/last name etc.

On the other hand, it doesn't require me to give you a password for my account. That means that I don't have to track yet another password, and also completely removes the possibility of you leaking it.

For me, the pros very much outweigh the cons.

Thanks for the feedback, with all of the "anti-social" talk lately, was curious if anyone actually cares in the real world.

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