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		WorldMaker on Feb 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms Except OpenID was built for bloggers and you could change your account provider at anytime through URL delegation. OpenID's flaw was being built for the web where everyone had a "homepage" or "blog" just as nearly everything shifted to social media and corporate-controlled walled gardens.

stickfigure on Feb 15, 2019 [–]

Also, people just fundamentally don't think of themselves as web pages. Browserid/persona got it right with an email-esque identifier.

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