[OpenID] OpenID on change.gov

Martin Atkins mart at degeneration.co.uk
Tue Dec 2 05:04:52 UTC 2008


SitG Admin wrote:
> 
> If change.gov compensates for this by educating users about how they can 
> create and/or select their own niche providers (thus taking power AWAY 
> from the "big" providers and delivering it to individuals and small 
> communities), would that change anything?
> 

Do you think this is likely?

As far as I can tell, change.gov only accepts OpenID to log in because 
that happens to be the default for IntenseDebate. It doesn't seem like 
that site is going to be championing the cause of OpenID anytime soon, 
though it is nice to see the name crop up on the comment form nonetheless.

*IntenseDebate* could do as you suggest, but I think from their point of 
view they'd be better off implementing 2.0 and accepting the major 
providers; for most sites, allowing users to reuse their existing big 
provider accounts is a large part of what little value proposition 
OpenID has for them right now. Supporting the niche providers is just a 
side-effect.







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