Guest mode

[jeda]

No need for logging in to join a room. Just join and there, without registration. Would have a random avatar and such.

[atn]

I feel like this feature could be abused easily by spammers, and could lead to DoS attacks and less personality inside of the Cryb Platform.

[jeda]

Not necessarily. People would like to simply invite their friends sometimes without the need to log in, and that's a fact. Plus, with the proper management, spam could be avoided. Anyways, due to nature of how Cryb currently works, you cannot simply go exploring rooms and pop in a random one.

[atn]

Some salty folks could create a script to "troll" their friends with this form of authentication. We could however add extra forms of authentication such as Google, GitHub, or Facebook for the users who don't have a Discord account. Having no forms of authentication removes the personal aspects of Cryb and having multiple "Guests" inside of your room leads to confusion and complicates it.

[Soliel]

alternatively we can lock down rooms. E.g. with the knock feature Rabb.it had.

I disagree with guests removing personal aspects from Cryb, as the only personal thing is profile pictures and username. Which imo isn't overly personal.

Having guests is a good way for people to spread the word about a service too. since it's easy for their friends to try out without giving info to the service.

[atn]

We could integrate a more personal Guest system then just having "Guest 1" and "Guest 2". We can have the user enter their name (or a fake one if they desire) and an optional profile picture. No passwords, No personal info.

[Soliel]

We could integrate a more personal Guest system then just having "Guest 1" and "Guest 2". We can have the user enter their name (or a fake one if they desire) and an optional profile picture. No passwords, No personal info.

This is my preferred solution.

[intelfierce]

you would also need to add kick/ban features for this to work properly.

[Soliel]

This is true, and I actually think kick + ban -> Knocking -> Guest mode is the proper order to implement this.

To go along with we still need user settings too.