Ask HN: Are social logins apart from Google and FB necessary (for my site)?

3 points by bitto1 7y ago ↗ HN

Hi,

I run a forum (just starting out < 100 users). I have Google login (along with the traditional email signup).

I googled a little bit and found out that about 83% of social login are Google and FB.

https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/27/facebook-dominates-social-logins/

The forum is custom built. I don't have the luxury of clicking checkbox and enabling an extension. I am planning to add FB login shortly. Is it okay that just ignore the other social logins?

Notes

[1] After i enabled google login i find that almost all new registrations use this option.

[2] That article is from 2015, is that data still relevant now?

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sidcool 7y ago ↗

GitHub & LinkedIn may be.

bitto1 7y ago ↗

The forum is not exactly technical in nature. I usually find these logins in sites such as stack exchange. I found that quora only has google and Fb logins. Correct me if i am wrong.

codesections 7y ago ↗

Two questions:

* does the site also allow login by creating a username and password? If so, the social login is just a convenience, and you are probably fine. If not, you might want to add more (but also consider manual login for the privacy conscious!)

* Who is the intended audience, and are there any sites that are particularly relevant to that audience? E.g., GitHub for developers.

bitto1 7y ago ↗

* yes

* I could not find any.

hopesthoughts 7y ago ↗

I personally don't like social logins. Lol but that's just me. I also don't use a gmail address as my primary, so unless my email service is blacklisted for some reason, I wouldn't use that.