OpenID anonymous for LJ?

[Michael 'hacker' Krelin]

On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 12:44:59AM +0100, Martin Atkins wrote:
> This is getting a little too LiveJournal-specific for this mailing list,
> but okay...
> 
> "Real" LiveJournal users aren't allowed to leave comments until they've
> validated an email address. While I guess that isn't really much more
> difficult than getting a working OpenID identity, it does seem to reduce
> the number of interlopers for some reason. Most of the undersirable

Are you sure you're comparing to the 'openid-spam'?

> comments I see on LiveJournal are from anonymous posters in journals
> where anonymous posting is allowed.

This is indeed a bit too lj-specific, but look, the point is not giving
OpenID users more credibitily, it's just about separating them from
anonymous users. And they are definitely different, otherwise what's the
point of OpenID?

Love,
H