[OpenID] Discouraging "anonymous" OpenID users
SitG Admin
sysadmin at shadowsinthegarden.com
Mon Jul 28 06:14:57 UTC 2008
>I think this is the essence of why Facebook thinks they are very
>attractive as an identity provider: the accumulated "social capital"
>around the identities.
There are some unofficial "Facebook apps" that provide OpenID using
the API they've set up; Facebook hasn't crushed these, so I think
it's fair to assume they aren't *opposed* to OpenID.
Maybe if they can be shown that OpenID is a way to actually *use*
that "capital" (not much good having money if you can't *spend* it,
or loan except between other users of your private bank), making
their offered identity more valuable and in turn attracting more
users, they'll be persuaded to adopt OpenID officially :)
-Shade
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