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Unfortunately, the prevailing sentiment right now seems to be that OpenID is not a good idea.
by edanm 16y ago
Unfortunately, the prevailing sentiment right now seems to be that OpenID is not a good idea.
- TillE 16y agoWhy, exactly? I'm about 100x more likely to sign up for your site if you let me press a button and log in with my Google account. It's also really easy to implement with Django middleware. Google turns up a Quora thing which, frankly, is full of handwaving bullshit. Are there actual technical reasons why OpenID is bad?
- aristidb 16y agoAs far as I understand it, OpenID is still used, for letting people login with Google or even Yahoo accounts, but no longer with full flexibility in OpenID providers.
- edanm 16y agoI wasn't talking about whether I thought it was good or bad, just that it seems to me like most people on HN usually look down on it. And the reasons are mostly ones of user-friendliness (not technical reasons). I've heard of plenty of people who still never signed up for StackOverflow because it requires OpenID.