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Sure, it may be that Automattic may need to release more closed products if they want to implement this vision It may not even be the vision they have for Auto

by ekaln 14y ago

Sure, it may be that Automattic may need to release more closed products if they want to implement this vision It may not even be the vision they have for Automattic ... but I do think it's an opportunity they have. For Gravatar, no it's not a social network at all, but it's a potential part of a bigger, wider identity platform.

drivebyacct2 14y ago
>it may be that Automattic may need to become a more closed if they want to implement this vision If we're just discussing Automattic becoming a closed Facebook competitor, sure it's possible. I think they have the position to do so, but I'm certainly not interested in another closed platform, even if bits of the core software are free. Gravatar is a wider identity platform, but it too just piggy backs on email. It's an avatar platform that piggy-backs on the email identity platform. And sadly, the avatar platform isn't distributed either. In my opinion, BrowserID has a much better chance of being the technical and featureful identity provider. Anyone can be a BrowserID provider and provide any level of security from literally none to quadruple factor auth with PKI if they wanted. I would love to see proposals on how to layer functionality like Gravatar on top. That's a social network alternative that I could get excited about!