[theforum] user id's - can they be openID?

[Hugh Miller]

Quoting Martin Burns <martin at easyweb.co.uk>:

> 
> On 22 Dec 2008, at 16:30, Erika wrote:
> 
> > A couple of people have suggested making evolt.org user accounts
> > compatible with other user accounts (I assume things like openID).
> 
> 
> ...a thought. As we'd then be relying on third party to authenticate  
> users, we'd need to be careful to avoid spam accounts (and given that  
> they're attempting to register on teo at the rate of several a day  
> already, this is a real worry)
> 
> Cheers
> Martin
>

That's a tricky one! Surely openID means you have to let anyone log in to post
comments - not just spammers, but trolls too? I think openID is much more in the
spirit of blogging rather than for sites like evolt which by definition is a
membership site.

H

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