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What I don't understand is why did they create a separate site per topic. With separate user account! This is very inconvenient and complicates things for the u
by Vitaly 17y ago
What I don't understand is why did they create a separate site per topic. With separate user account! This is very inconvenient and complicates things for the users. having it as a 'category' within the same site would be much better for usability (and for SEO :)
- gojomo 17y agoAs they all use OpenID, the accounts can be the same if desired -- but they've managed to keep the reputation scores separate. To the extent the same person might be motivated to repeat their 'achievements' at each site, this might accelerate the creation of answer content. Also, this might better yield three distinct communities, each with slightly different norms and leaders, than trying to make one mega-community. The mental styles of programmers, sysadmins, and power-users are different; there's no reason to think the three communities will evolve better if merged. (Scale is not always a benefit in online communities.)
- DrJokepu 17y agoThey're not (and can't) relying on OpenID alone for matching accounts on different sites due to the fact that Google and some other OpenID providers generate a different ID for different hostnames, even for the same user.
- gojomo 17y agoAha; good point that I'd overlooked. Is there a way the user could prove the different synthesized IDs are the same Google principal, by conscious choice?
- mistermann 17y agoThey associate the multiple google id's with each other, so it appears you are using the same one.
- GeneralMaximus 17y agoAFAIK, you can use the same account on all websites related to StackOverflow (ServerFault etc.). Isn't this the case with SuperUser?