[OpenID] Washingtonpost.com wants identities of readers who post comments

[Allen Tom]

Jørn Wildt wrote:
>
> I just saw this article - 
> http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9936794-7.html?tag=nefd.only - 
> referenced from Slashdot. In it, the executive editor of Washington 
> Post's online version, argues that "Washingtonpost.com wants 
> identities of readers who post comments". Maybe this could be a 
> bussiness case for OpenID and a lobbyism job for the foundation?
>
>  
>
> If Washington Post required people to use OpenID to sign their 
> comments then we would have solved the problem partly -- at least it 
> won't be possible to pretend to be someone else. But it is still not 
> possible to ban a certain person from the site -- you can ban his 
> OpenID but nothing prohibits him from creating a new OpenID and use 
> that instead.
>
>  
>
Sounds like a great case for an OpenID reputation service, or for an OP 
that provides verified identities.

Allen
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