[OpenID] Blog Posts about OpenID

[Carsten Pötter]

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 5:12 PM, SitG Admin <sysadmin at shadowsinthegarden.com>
wrote:

>
> 1) Posting a link would increase the chances of simultaneously written
> comments getting posted one after another, whereas ordinarily there is such
> an interval between our discoveries of the page that any dialogue going on
> will be protracted enough to generally assure that we can see the comments
> of anyone who saw it before us. Posting a link and saying "But nobody go
> here yet, we need to have someone 'claim' the page so we don't ALL answer
> it." would be kind of self-defeating.


I don't think that posting a link here is the way to go. Like I have
mentioned monitoring tools like Google Alert or Technorati were best suited.


>
> 2) It may be off-topic for the main blog post. I think people could get a
> bit ticked off with us if they found that all the OpenID spam taking place
> on their blogs was actually the result of a deliberate effort - one that had
> an opportunity to be more considerate ;)


It won't be off-topic if people  answered questions.

>
> 3) If the existing supporters are too quick to leap to OpenID's defense, it
> may give the impression that we're the *only* ones who care; it might create
> the appearance of a propaganda campaign that isn't convincing any of the
> "regular" people.


Once again,  comments have to be on topic. If commenters disclose that they
are employees of OPs no false impression will arise.

But yes, I see your concerns. Maybe the idea needs some fine-tuning.

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