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I really like that idea. It could be implemented very easily by using DNS SRV records or HTTPS .well-known URIs. +1

• WorldMaker 6y ago
  The original OpenID [1] took that path (see "OpenID delegation"), and as an identity tool made sense for an ID intended for bloggers who would be expected a modicum of technical talent including buying their own domains (on which to host their blogs). The criticism that applies to that original OpenID model would apply here too that buying and controlling a domain is a level of technical expertise two or three steps up the "internet user" ladder (especially without another reason to have a domain such as blogging as a motivating factor) and could gatekeep the platform from a large percentage of potential users. [1] Not to be confused with anything called OpenID today.
  • wmf 6y ago
    I'm not sure about that. Hosting companies like Dreamhost, GoDaddy, Squarespace, etc. have "consumerized" the process of registering domains so that it's little harder than signing up for Facebook. The bigger barrier is probably that domains are not free.
    • WorldMaker 6y ago
      Those sort of providers existed in the blogging age as well (WordPress, Blogger, etc). Certainly that's a start, but think which of those then have "consumerized" SRV records or .well-known files yet? That's why the analogy used was a ladder, and that this involved multiple steps up. Individually most of the way from one step to the next is "easy" and "consumerized" somewhere, but each additional step along the way is still a barrier to less technical users.