[HN Gopher] How to set up an anonymous user flow
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       How to set up an anonymous user flow
        
       Author : mooreds
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2023-10-02 14:23 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (fusionauth.io)
        
       | jareklupinski wrote:
       | Used my phone's "Hide my identity" feature for the first time to
       | sign up for a relatively well-known service.
       | 
       | Now I'm forever known to everyone on that service as an
       | unintelligible string, since their login flow freezes the name
       | you give them on signup, so I couldnt even fix it if I enjoyed
       | the service.
        
         | mooreds wrote:
         | Oops, definitely an implementation own-goal.
        
       | codercatdev wrote:
       | Hope to be my own crazy string one day ;)
        
       | LoganDark wrote:
       | > For many applications, a user is forced to register for
       | application access. You want to know who the user is so you can
       | provide them with individualized functionality and data.
       | 
       | > If your registration process requires an email or mobile phone
       | number, registration allows you to market to your customers. This
       | is great if you are pursuing a Product-led growth or freemium
       | business model. Having contact information allows you to
       | communicate with them directly, allowing you to remind them of
       | the value of your application and driving re-engagement.
       | 
       | Ugh, this article is discusting. I can't bear to read the rest.
       | "Having contact information allows you to communicate with them
       | directly, allowing you to remind them of the value of your
       | application" please no. No.
       | 
       | Definitely super grateful for Firefox Relay right about now.
        
         | JohnFen wrote:
         | Yep.
         | 
         | And the ad industry has been greatly encouraging applications
         | and websites to have user accounts specifically as a way to
         | work around the decreased ability to track people.
         | 
         | It's why I've adopted the policy of not signing up for accounts
         | with anything unless the application or service is one I
         | literally can't do without. Fortunately, the number of things
         | that qualify as genuinely mandatory is within a rounding error
         | of zero.
        
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