[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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