Sign in with Google/Facebook/etc. bypasses the problem that ActivityPub isn’t all that popular (this may change with Threads but it’s unclear how that will play out). But I also think you’re overstating the hesitation most people have in creating an account for a service. Also, being a hobby project, it doesn’t necessarily need to be or desired to be popular right away. It doesn’t need to have all the features right away. It doesn’t have to be built in one try or architected perfectly.
Those are also good options. It used to be that only the Twitter SSO wasn’t a huge pain in the ass. I suspect that went away during Twitter’s “why do we have all these microservices?” era.
But I also think you’re overstating the hesitation most people have in creating an account for a service.
I’m really not. The majority of new account creation results in massive amounts of spam.
I had to add SSO auth to my hobby project before I got my first user, and I got my first user shortly after.
Also, being a hobby project, it doesn’t necessarily need to be or desired to be popular right away.
Agreed for most hobby projects. But this one appears, to my read, to be banking on user participation.
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Sign in with Google/Facebook/etc. bypasses the problem that ActivityPub isn’t all that popular (this may change with Threads but it’s unclear how that will play out). But I also think you’re overstating the hesitation most people have in creating an account for a service. Also, being a hobby project, it doesn’t necessarily need to be or desired to be popular right away. It doesn’t need to have all the features right away. It doesn’t have to be built in one try or architected perfectly.
Those are also good options. It used to be that only the Twitter SSO wasn’t a huge pain in the ass. I suspect that went away during Twitter’s “why do we have all these microservices?” era.
I’m really not. The majority of new account creation results in massive amounts of spam.
I had to add SSO auth to my hobby project before I got my first user, and I got my first user shortly after.
Agreed for most hobby projects. But this one appears, to my read, to be banking on user participation.