Station Logging App Beta Test

[Oscar]

Hello all, hope you are well.

Myself and a friend have been developing a gamified website which allows you to log which stations you have visited and to view a variety of station data such as facilities, live departures, accessibility features and more called LogMyStation.

https://logmystation.com

We are requiring a handful of users to Beta test the app before its release and wondered if anyone would be interested helping us?

If you are interested, you can get touch with me on here or you can submit a google form application: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbALgVXOnd9flxIJC3dy3jrPYybuy6k0XwCgsd0sxYV3Fghg/viewform

All the best,

Oscar + Jonathan

LogMyStation

[Evelyn Snow]

Hello Oscar, Jonathan,

I wouldn't mind giving it a try, and know a few people who might be similarly interested, but I'm
not particularly willing to use something where the signup obliges me to use a google account and
hand over the corresponding email address.

Evelyn

[Oscar]

Hi Evelyn, that's great to hear.

Thanks for raising your concerns, I have disabled the requirement to use a google account for the form - any email address can be inputted now.

We will only use the email address provided to whitelist access to the web application and to communicate key info about testing.  

If you have any queries about anything feel free to get in touch on here or directly.

All the best,

Oscar

[Evelyn Snow]

Cheers Oscar,

Not too concerned about your intended use for my email, but I check my gmail account a few times a
year.

Evelyn

[Mike F (Hastings Line)]

Why does it need an email address at all to view station data?

That seems to fail a basic test of GDPR compliance

At least please provide the ability to explore the app without providing personal information, so that we can figure out whether we want to use the web site (or app as you call it)

Mike

[Matthew Burdett]

Just submitted the form and look forward to receiving the beta link.

I joined the discord from the link in your websites but the server channels have GIFs of SpongeBob and are titled cheese, I assume I joined the right group? There's no app feedback or suggestions at all in there.

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[Oscar]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for raising your concern - I completely understand where you're coming from.

As part of our beta testing phase, we're using Cloudflare Zero Trust to restrict access to a small group of testers. This setup requires whitelisting email addresses and sending one-time codes to verify access. 

This is temporary measure to ensure the app remains secure and feedback-focused during development.

Once the app is publicly released, all station data will be freely accessible without requiring any personal information. This current access method is purely for testing purposes and not indicative of the final user experience.

Hope this answers your query. 

Best regards,
Oscar

[Mike F (Hastings Line)]

It does!   Thanks, I has missed that subtlety

Mike

[Oscar]

Hi Matthew,

Thank you for applying, we will be in touch shortly about beta access.

I've just checked and can confirm you have joined the correct discord group. Apologies for the confusion, the server is a new community and many of the initial messages were between friends whilst we were setting it up. I've now cleared those messages for proper feedback and discussion.

If you have any further queries or questions feel free to let me know.

Kind Regards,

Oscar