The feedback regarding came from known users with technical background. I chose clarity and reliability (could not login myself once with my own OpenID) for my

The feedback regarding came from known users with technical background. I chose clarity and reliability (could not login myself once with my own OpenID) for my long-term users over higher sign-up conversions (OpenID was 2 clicks for login and granting access, now 2 clicks with 4 validated input fields which increases the barrier).