<div dir="ltr">It's probably just as interesting that they're now owned by MTV:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://fluxblog.info/?p=26">http://fluxblog.info/?p=26</a></div><div><br></div><div>This is what's really interesting:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/2926653656/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/2926653656/</a></div><div><br></div><div>...using pictures of band logos to get people to sign in with existing accounts from those bands' sites. I don't know that this scales, but it's certainly a compelling approach, at least in this context (that is, signing in to music/content sites).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 7:02 AM, SitG Admin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sysadmin@shadowsinthegarden.com">sysadmin@shadowsinthegarden.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><a href="http://www.flux.com/" target="_blank">http://www.flux.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.socialproject.com/" target="_blank">http://www.socialproject.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.fluxblog.info/" target="_blank">http://www.fluxblog.info/</a><br>
<br>
Their blog is especially informative, it seems they're mainly<br>
focusing on television - monetized areas, anyone? They started just<br>
over 2 weeks ago but claimed 7.5 million users and over a thousand<br>
sites when they started - unknowing users (such as the automatic<br>
OpenID's many users have through AOL and Yahoo) or active supporters?<br>
If the latter, what values can we claim are widely recognized by<br>
users?<br>
<br>
If any case, I think Flux should be hearing from OpenID people soon,<br>
that, uh, this "radically different approach" they've taken? It's<br>
been done before, and they really should consider embracing open<br>
standards for interoperability.<br>
<br>
-Shade<br>
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