[OpenID] A little crypto-politics: crypto anarchism, VeriSign OpenID, OpenID brand meaning

[Eric Norman]

On Sep 8, 2007, at 8:36 PM, Peter Williams wrote:

> I much prefer email. Its so fair.
>
> Someone whined in private that s/he preferred me to email less, blog 
> more. As openid is very much about blogging right now, it was a 
> reasonable gamble.

Some whining is best ignored.

> I knew it would cause inter culture friction. Identity is very much 
> about audit, archives and everlasting accountability (even tho I know 
> nothing about identity and only security -:) ).
>
> Both comments address that:  we want a single thread of archive.
>
> I cannot satisfy both sets of requirements. 1. Blog (dont email) 
> generally. 2. Only email (dont blog) generally.

Blogs are atrocious if the purpose is discussion.
Mailing lists have their problems, but there's really
no comparison if the purpose is discussion.

Blogs might be OK if the purpose is announcement or
cheerleading.

Wikis are good for summaries after discussions have
happened.  But someone has to take the initiative and
do the summary.

Just about all of what's been happening is discussion;
keep emailing.  Or someone create a forum/newsgroup.

Eric Norman
http://ejnorman.blogspot.com