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Well, for one you don't need Openid to register. Stack overflow scares a lot of potential users. It is more geared towards programmers as opposed to designers.
by rokhayakebe 17y ago
Well, for one you don't need Openid to register. Stack overflow scares a lot of potential users. It is more geared towards programmers as opposed to designers.
- whalesalad 17y agoYeah.. openid still feels really funny to me even as a developer. I guess I should read up more on how it actually works (behind the scenes).
- staunch 17y agoScrew it. I've implemented it many times and still don't prefer it myself. I like to be able to setup a new separate semi-anonymous account on each site I use.
- whalesalad 17y agoYep, I feel the same way. I'm much more a fan of something like clickpass where I can bootstrap my signup with details already filled in.
- wvenable 17y agoI still haven't bothered to signup for Stackoverflow because of the OpenID requirement. If it has username/password it'd be done already.
- billpg 17y agoGreat news, myopenid is part of stackoverflow. Register with myopenid and use that to get into stackoverflow. Okay, myopenid is really an independent entity, but just pretend they are part of the same company and it'll work out fine.
- sireat 17y agoI too am not a huge fan of current implementation of OpenID. However, if you have a throwaway account on Yahoo or Google, it is trivially easy to signup on Stackoverflow.
- anshul 17y agoIf that's what you like then can't you just create a separate semi-anonymous openid for every site you use?
- nsoonhui 17y agoI prefer OpenID, and the lack of one stopped me from registering. You can always provide options ( with/ without OpenID) for registration