Site Issues with Facebook [RESOLVED]

I’m not sure if anyone noticed it and if they did they didn’t report it but NOSVC was having a Facebook login issue for maybe as long as a week or two.  For some reason the API wasn’t communicating with the site. At least not how I wanted it to. That being said I am labeling the issue as resolved and seriously considering moving to a Twitter based authentication. I know I am not the only site to use a third-party API to allow users to use other recognized credentials for access but I am wondering if anyone that uses this site uses Facebook or Twitter for this anywhere besides here.

I started using because I hated creating a new username and password on every blog I read and it seemed like an easy way to log in (since the Facebook cookie was already there).  Most people are surprised to learn that Facebook (nor Twitter) return so much as an email address. All you get it a user number, a name and verification that the account is real. Other items can be pulled from Facebook depending on your settings but nothing is transmitted. In a lot of ways you share much less using a third-party verification than you do if you were creating an account on the site (account creation requires an email address).

Feel free to give me your thoughts on Facebook/Twitter login and whether you have a preference. I’m not sure I will switch over but I might try to use both.