38 comments

  • Pasquale D'SilvaPasquale D'Silva, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )

    Sign up is open right? I'd love to see it closed again. Control the swell bro. You know, and QUALITY.

    16 points
    • Kelly SuttonKelly Sutton, over 8 years ago

      Sign up is currently open. Rather than locking down sign ups, we're leaning more toward authenticating accounts for a few reasons. Namely, it sucks to have someone post something you did as a "Show DN" or general discussion, and be unable to comment on it because you don't have an account.

      1 point
      • Caleb SylvestCaleb Sylvest, over 8 years ago

        I think authenticating with Twitter, or maybe even Dribbble, would be a good way.

        Also, not against open signups, but the level of noise has multiplied over the past months. Tying authentication into either Twitter or Dribbble would require that DNers be (somewhat) active in the larger community, as the majority or designers and developers are active on either Twitter or Dribbble.

        3 points
      • Darth BaneDarth Bane, over 8 years ago

        And how about some users being locked? I've sent you guys an email. My posts or comments aren't being made visible.

        1 point
    • Andrew CohenAndrew Cohen, over 8 years ago

      Quality and ability to find content is my biggest issue with the mass signups. Would love to be able to filter down types of content Show DN/Ask/ETC via the sidebar. Also, downvotes seem necessary at this points.

      4 points
  • Josh OsborneJosh Osborne, over 8 years ago

    +1 for Twitter auth. Seems like a reasonable solution!

    7 points
  • Taurean BryantTaurean Bryant, over 8 years ago

    It may make sense to consider a down vote button at this point, maybe tweak the terminology so that its clear down voting is for things that go against DN code of conduct?

    4 points
    • Kelly SuttonKelly Sutton, over 8 years ago

      Definitely. We're working on an updated set of guidelines which we'll share soon.

      2 points
      • Eric H.Eric H., over 8 years ago

        Are there not moderators who have the ability to "flag" items, which throw them off the front page?

        0 points
  • Vasil EnchevVasil Enchev, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )

    Close the registration, twitter auth, invite only!

    Back when i registered it was open like only for 1 hour a day or something and I missed it for 3 weeks until finally I set an event in my calendar so I could register. This made it very special to me and I hate that now it's open all the time.

    You can create another track for people who have their stuff posted by others like product hunt does you can be granted access by tweeting @producthunt

    3 points
  • Carolyn YooCarolyn Yoo, over 8 years ago

    Twitter auth is perfectly fine! Not as comfortable with other means such as Facebook or Google+.

    3 points
  • Tom GantzerTom Gantzer, over 8 years ago

    +1 Twitter works for me.

    2 points
  • Yannik Schweinzer, over 8 years ago

    As long as you don't have a Paypal grade verification mechanism I'm fine with everything.

    2 points
  • Kelly SuttonKelly Sutton, over 8 years ago

    We're starting a little blog to keep folks updated with what's going on around Designer News. Comments for the post will be kept here. The first post talks about the second version of the DN API, and an uptick in voting rings/spammers coming to DN.

    2 points
  • Tierney CyrenTierney Cyren, over 8 years ago

    Two things: I really wouldn't be comfortable with a Twitter auth being set up. I have a Twitter account, and currently don't use it, but for the past two years I didn't have a Twitter account.

    Knowing what I do about DN and taking into consideration how it's helped me, I would have been very upset if I were forced to use Twitter to log in, thus not being able to create an account.

    I know I'm in the extreme minority, but I don't think we should essentially say that to be a designer you must have a Twitter account.

    Also, While I was reading Kelly's response to Pasquale, I had an idea. What if there were some sort of pre-Recent and/or pre-Top stories area where all new links had to go, and recognized good users (i.e. ones with lots of rep) can filter and vote on which ones should not be published to Recent or Top.

    To vote against a story being published to Recent or Top, the person has to give a explanation of 140 characters or more explaining their reasoning. People who are obviously trying to game the system will be easily recognized by the team, which will be much easier to manage than without this system.

    I have a ton more ideas for this, if you want to talk to me more about it, bitnb@subvertising.org.

    1 point
  • Mitch De CastroMitch De Castro, over 8 years ago

    Twitter auth for sure!

    1 point
  • Tom WoodTom Wood, over 8 years ago

    Y'see, what's really exciting here is the Aaron Draplin AMA!

    Fantastic, really excited about that one.

    0 points
  • Brian Lovin, over 8 years ago

    +1 for Twitter or Dribbble auth. Would actually love to have quick links anyways to follow some of folks on here on the different networks.

    0 points
  • Shane BolandShane Boland, over 8 years ago

    +1 for Twitter authentication

    0 points
  • Adham DannawayAdham Dannaway, over 8 years ago

    Twitter auth works for me :-)

    0 points
  • Axel ValdezAxel Valdez, over 8 years ago

    Reddit's sort posts by Hot (default) | New | Rising | Most commented seems like a great idea for DN.

    0 points
  • Robin RaszkaRobin Raszka, over 8 years ago

    Twitter

    0 points
  • Carlos Montoya, over 8 years ago

    What's to keep people from authenticating with fake twitter accounts? By introducing twitter authentication you add one more step for spam accounts.

    Can anything be done similar to dribbble pro accounts?

    0 points
    • Kelly SuttonKelly Sutton, over 8 years ago

      We haven't considered it too much, with the aim of keeping everything democratic.

      If there were a DN Pro style of account, what would you expect to be included and how much would you be willing to pay per year?

      0 points
      • Tom GantzerTom Gantzer, over 8 years ago

        Sparkly golden colours for avatar, and nothing less :)

        0 points
      • Tierney CyrenTierney Cyren, over 8 years ago

        I would expect at least one feature that influences the links that non-pro users don't have. At the most basic this could mean having two votes per upvote instead of one. It would be much more attractive if it were something a little more complex.

        Also, maybe a link to my portfolio or website posted on a special page that randomizes the order of the links every visit, or every day, or week, or something.

        I'd be willing to pay $20 a year, regardless of what features it came with.

        0 points
      • Carlos Montoya, over 8 years ago

        Hey! Thanks for the response. I would pay a one-time membership fee of $20 us dollars.

        0 points
  • Cihad TurhanCihad Turhan, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )

    @Kelly, how do we know if you post a new blog entry? Will there be a notification symbol next to the link?

    0 points
    • Kelly SuttonKelly Sutton, over 8 years ago

      We'll probably be pinning the blog posts to the top like this one early on. As time goes on, it will just be something to check in to every once in a while.

      0 points
  • Spencer HoltawaySpencer Holtaway, over 8 years ago

    I would probably pay to keep "growth hackers" off the front page. But, more realistically, twitter auth would work fine for me.

    0 points
  • Ronalds Vilcins, over 8 years ago

    Finally!

    0 points
  • Al HaighAl Haigh, over 8 years ago

    +1 for Twitter auth

    0 points