- the likelihood of Facebook or Google disappearing anytime soon is very minimal
- the stories of disabled accounts are vastly over-hyped, and the likelihood of it happening are almost nil
- there is significant upside for you to use your Facebook or Google account to signup/login with a service. Much less work, it's one click to login after you authorize it every time, no need to have another login/pass combo, and if you wish to no longer use the site, it's easy to disable
- most people have a Facebook or Google already, especially KA's market
The effort to create and maintain signups/logins separately for KA vs using existing drop-in solutions for both Google & FB makes the decision obvious. This is a much more convenient solution for both the users and devs of KA.
HN does not require but does allow you to use a similiar login scheme with Clickpass.
- the stories of disabled accounts are vastly over-hyped, and the likelihood of it happening are almost nil
- there is significant upside for you to use your Facebook or Google account to signup/login with a service. Much less work, it's one click to login after you authorize it every time, no need to have another login/pass combo, and if you wish to no longer use the site, it's easy to disable
- most people have a Facebook or Google already, especially KA's market
The effort to create and maintain signups/logins separately for KA vs using existing drop-in solutions for both Google & FB makes the decision obvious. This is a much more convenient solution for both the users and devs of KA.
HN does not require but does allow you to use a similiar login scheme with Clickpass.