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Facebook login only? This is a disturbing trend I'm noticing with a number of new websites/services. I don't think I'm alone in saying I don't like allowing apps access to all of my Facebook data and timeline. I won't use anything that only takes a Facebook login. Any plans for a stand alone login or is the Facebook data necessary for matching you up with people to chat with?

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So just don't use it. You're clearly not in the market audience.

This audience loves facebook, uses it every single day and authorize all kind of applications without a single thought about security. Why would they when their password is usually password or 123456.

I understand it may comes as a rant but it's not. If Github would force all developers to use Facebook login, then I would agree with your comment. But for a social app like this?

Thanks for your feedback! We use facebook login because its the easiest way for us to get the basic data to provide intelligent recommendations.

We have plans to roll out a separate stand-alone login soon, where you can fill out a profile with whatever information you choose to include

That sounds like a good plan, I'll check back then. I had a facebook back in high school, but got creeped out by some of their privacy issues and deleted it, this sounds like kind of a neat idea, though.

How are you addressing ... fraudulent information on the FB profile? Automated bots? Trolling pedophiles?

1) They only get access to the information you authorize them.

2) If this isn't enough control, there are chrome & firefox extensions to give you more granular control over the authorizations you allow, though disallowing certain things can cause issues sometimes.

What about if you don't have a Facebook account?

Then you don't sign up... Startups aren't obligated to give us everything we want and they certainly don't owe us anything. I personally don't like signing up for services using my email and I don't like signing up using Facebook... However, I don't expect startups to cater to everyone with a non-majority preference. Either I make some sort of sacrifice to use their free service, or I don't use their free service.

Ok but this is a Show HN. If we want to give feedback and test the service we HAVE to use our facebook account and give our info when we don't want it and that's problematic.

Once again though, I don't think it's problematic. I often feel that a lot of times, people don't want to pay the entry fee or wait in line to get in (figurative analogy here) and then feel left out.

We're in the tech space... If I designed a new tool for XBOX Live stats and posted to Show HN, it would follow that you would have to 1) be an XBOX Live member and 2) give me your information... I see using Facebook sign in as an extension of Facebook and not the other way around.

Just a matter of opinion from all around, though, obviously.

Also, some people don't have Facebook's, myself included. I hope the "Facebook login only" doesn't become a standard.

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