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You should re-consider making Facebook your only option for logging in and signing up.

http://bijansabet.com/post/16980728547/why-facebook-connect-...

And the ensuing discussion, here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3548081

I understand that FB Connect is a turn off for many people (myself included most of the time).

But requiring Facebook makes certain viral features (like sharing with your friends, posting to your wall etc) much more frictionless.

I think there are 3 ways a site can become popular. 1) Through viral channels. 2) Through word-of-mouth. 3) Through marketing/pr.

I'm going for all three. #1 is a lot easier if you require FB Connect.

This is a big deal to HN types, but not necessarily to all other demographics on the internet. If he could guesstimate that a large majority of his users were active FB users, the single log-in option may be worth the trade-off

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