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• 12 Feb 10
  

  Stefan Karlhuber

  OpenID LiveJournal deliciousimport

• 09 Apr 09
  

  Eric Heimerman

  This is a good explanation of how having an OpenID will be beneficial to the user.

  OpenID

  • letting non-LiveJournal.com users bring their identity here. After all, not everybody uses the same websites, but you should still be able to play together.

    • Yes - this is the main benefit to OpenID from a user standpoint. Unfortunately, right now, there is a "chicken and egg" problem. Users are not motivated to get an OpenID because relatively few services support it, and services are not motivated to support it because the conscious userbase is relatively small. "Conscious userbase" meaning those users that actually realize they HAVE an openID. I suspect there are many users that have an OpenID and don't even know it, or if they do, don't realize what it is or what it is useful for.

    • yeah, also when signing up with OpenID at different sites I almost always come into problems later – like when I'm trying hook into another web service. the internet is so overlapping now, which is good i guess, but when you try to associate different profiles with each other you are usually going to be asked for a traditional username and password. that's a problem with an OpenID-enabled account. prime example: I'm trying to attach my LiveJournal account to my Blip.fm profile right now. too bad for me because I originally opened my LJ account with OpenID. now I have to go around emailing people just to get my new-fangled OpenID profile converted into a normal Web 1.0 one. since when are we supposed to be downgrading our technology to increase functionality?!? argh!!
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    • • yeah, also when signing up with OpenID at different sites I almost always come into problems later – like when I'm trying hook into another web service. the internet is so overlapping now, which is good i guess, but when you try to associate different profiles with each other you are usually going to be asked for a traditional username and password. that's a problem with an OpenID-enabled account.
        prime example: I'm trying to attach LiveJournal to my Blip.fm profile right now. only too bad for me because I originally opened my LJ with OpenID. now I have to go over to getsatisfaction or go around emailing people just to get my new-fangled OpenID profile converted into a normal Web 1.0 one. since when are we supposed to be downgrading our technology to improve functionality?!? argh!!
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• 24 Aug 07
  

  Dave Ferguson

  openID

• 02 Aug 07
  

  Pierre Gorissen

  OpenID

• 04 May 07
  

  rene_kapusta

  openid

• 01 Jan 07
  

  Jon

  authentication identity livejournal openid

• 28 Dec 06
  

  Moultrie Creek

  enabled openid

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  S M on 2009-10-04
  yeah, also when signing up with OpenID at different sites I almost always come into problems later – like when I'm trying hook into another web service. the internet is so overlapping now, which is good i guess, but when you try to associate different profiles with each other you are usually going to be asked for a traditional username and password. that's a problem with an OpenID-enabled account.
  prime example: I'm trying to attach LiveJournal to my Blip.fm profile right now. only too bad for me because I originally opened my LJ with OpenID. now I have to go over to getsatisfaction or go around emailing people just to get my new-fangled OpenID profile converted into a normal Web 1.0 one. since when are we supposed to be downgrading our technology to improve functionality?!? argh!!
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  S M on 2009-10-04
  yeah, also when signing up with OpenID at different sites I almost always come into problems later – like when I'm trying hook into another web service. the internet is so overlapping now, which is good i guess, but when you try to associate different profiles with each other you are usually going to be asked for a traditional username and password. that's a problem with an OpenID-enabled account. prime example: I'm trying to attach my LiveJournal account to my Blip.fm profile right now. too bad for me because I originally opened my LJ account with OpenID. now I have to go around emailing people just to get my new-fangled OpenID profile converted into a normal Web 1.0 one. since when are we supposed to be downgrading our technology to increase functionality?!? argh!!
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  Eric Heimerman on 2009-04-09
  Yes - this is the main benefit to OpenID from a user standpoint. Unfortunately, right now, there is a "chicken and egg" problem. Users are not motivated to get an OpenID because relatively few services support it, and services are not motivated to support it because the conscious userbase is relatively small. "Conscious userbase" meaning those users that actually realize they HAVE an openID. I suspect there are many users that have an OpenID and don't even know it, or if they do, don't realize what it is or what it is useful for.

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