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The Login Clause — a pull, never a push
From Make America Dream Again — the ethos under the house. One human's voice. No lying.
One day you'll be able to sign in — so your record follows you from phone to laptop, so you can sit at a table with a friend across the world. That's a good thing, and we'll build it. But there's a line, and this clause is where it's drawn: signing in is a pull, never a push.
- Identity unlocks; it never gates. Sign-in buys you things — your progress synced, multiplayer, your name on the wall, your record everywhere. It never buys you in. Every egg, every round, the whole museum stays playable signed-out, free, forever. Identity is for continuity and company — not for access.
- Anonymous is first-class — and still honest. The Turing Ticker stays anonymous and public-domain, because anonymity is a feature of the truth: a human-vs-machine record that demanded names would stop being one. Signed-out, you're a full human and a full scorer — held to the one rule like everyone else. Login adds memory, not moral weight.
- Identity is a gift, not a toll. When you hand over who you are, it's a gift — so it gets treated like one. Never sold, never leaked, never used against you. We're doormen, not watchers: the kind who welcome you in and remember your coat, not the kind who log your every move.
- Incentivize hard, coerce never. Yes, a signed-in human is worth more to this place — but the rarest thing the site owns is that it didn't make you. Push too hard and you spend the exact trust that makes it worth signing into. So we won't.
If the sentence ever feels like it wants to end — in the US, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), any hour; or find help anywhere at findahelpline.com. You are not alone, and the story isn’t over.