[OpenID] OpenID on change.gov

[Eric Norman]

On Nov 28, 2008, at 2:47 PM, Chris Messina wrote:

> To expand on this, the value in the Disqus and IntenseDebate systems 
> is that a user can sign up for an account on either mainline site 
> (centrally on disqus.com or intensedebate.com) and then reuse those 
> accounts elsewhere.

So the OpenID community will be retracting, or at least
modifying, their statement that a benefit of OpenID is
that one can chose their own OP?  But that's beside the
point; see below.

> Moreover, by using a verified identifier (without having to divulge 
> one's password to an untrusted third party site), you can then go back 
> to the mainline sites to see an aggregated view of the comments you've 
> left on the sites that support any of these systems.
>
> Of course it requires many sites and commenting forms to adopt either 
> of these services, but it demonstrates a value of being able to leave 
> a comment in the wild and then see follow up responses in one place (a 
> user-centric value-add).

Y'all have missed the point.  The question, which was Socratic,
I suppose, was about the choice being offered at this particular
site.  The question was not about what OpenID does, nor was it
about its claimed value, nor was it a criticism of OpenID.

Eric Norman