But still, I'm forced to use Github or Twitter to authenticate on DEV. Why not offer email based auth rather than proprietary based auth ?
That's a very good question. Yes, eventually we would like to expand authentication methods. Currently we rely on social auth as a component of our anti-(spam/trolling/harassment) measure, but would love to offer other solutions provided we can make it compatible with other user safety concerns.
You talk about decentralization but I don't see ActivityPub nor OStatus feature coming out. Still, it would be an amazing feature to interconnect many "small" communities and to be independent from proprietary platforms.
That's another good point, and speaks to our nature to focus primarily on user safety and user experience as the first priority, but we've had various types of protocol compatibility as a component of what we do to whatever extent is possible.
On the journey to distribute power and leverage we're a bit more inward focused on the day-to-day practical choices we need to make to get from zero to one, but as we get more momentum here, we want to be more thoughtful about shared standards.
I'm totally fine with Twitter or GitHub login. Adding other platforms would be an awesome improvement, will help to open the community more. Like, here in Argentina Twitter it's not soo popular between Devs, first time I saw the login I was like "eh?". But you can add, let's say, FCC auth, StackOverflow, some more dev platforms.
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That's a very good question. Yes, eventually we would like to expand authentication methods. Currently we rely on social auth as a component of our anti-(spam/trolling/harassment) measure, but would love to offer other solutions provided we can make it compatible with other user safety concerns.
That's another good point, and speaks to our nature to focus primarily on user safety and user experience as the first priority, but we've had various types of protocol compatibility as a component of what we do to whatever extent is possible.
On the journey to distribute power and leverage we're a bit more inward focused on the day-to-day practical choices we need to make to get from zero to one, but as we get more momentum here, we want to be more thoughtful about shared standards.
I'm totally fine with Twitter or GitHub login. Adding other platforms would be an awesome improvement, will help to open the community more. Like, here in Argentina Twitter it's not soo popular between Devs, first time I saw the login I was like "eh?". But you can add, let's say, FCC auth, StackOverflow, some more dev platforms.
[/spoiler]I've explained my self right? God knows xD[/spoiler]
Using GAFA auth makes GAFA stronger and strengthen their dominant position.
Yeah, that's why I'm not saying Google login, Outlook login... FCC would be great, Hackernews, Stackoverflow