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BlueTemplar on Dec 25, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Craft – A fresh take on documents

> e-mail, and using it for authentication is so much better for everyone than virtually every single alternative (absolutely including even a bespoke username)

Why is it better than a username?

yoz-y on Dec 25, 2020 [–]

Time and again it was shown that people forget their user names. At least if you use the same email address (or a few), you will not get locked out.

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