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Thinking about atproto login flow and I’m leaning towards the following: 1. No technical jargon, let the infrastructure fade into the background. 2. Identity is contextual, use language that reflects intent (writing as, reading as, etc). 3. Bring an identity or start a new one. Thoughts?

𝕮@chrisshank.com

chrisshank.leaflet.pubputting the @ in atprotobut really a moment to reflect on the politics behind atproto

Paul Johnecheck

@7hird.dev

I like it. What if the hint text changed every second or so between a few popular providers? I like the idea of visually reinforcing "not just bluesky" at a glance.

20/12/25, 2:45 pm0 reposts4 likes

Brookie

@brookie.blog

20 Dec 2025

I tried this for the placeholder text, it felt kinda busy.

Paul Johnecheck

@7hird.dev

20 Dec 2025

I could see that. Care to share a video? I'm thinking the instant switch might be a little jarring, whereas an animated scroll effect on it might feel slick.

Brookie

@brookie.blog

20 Dec 2025

It was a typewriter effect, let me see if I have a clip…. Found it ! Keep in mind this is before I changed the text 😅

Paul Johnecheck

@7hird.dev

20 Dec 2025

Seems like Sean and I are thinking similarly. I'm imagining it looking like someone is scrolling through options, making the placeholder text fade out as it moves up while the next placeholder fades in from the bottom. bsky.app/profile/sean...

Sean Newell@sean.thenewells.us

O yea typewriter too much; maybe even just a sample name and only do a faded rotary transition on the tld or something. I've suggested this twice now in two places so I might just do a demo at this point 😅