Comments on: OpenID heading mainstream? Daily Telegraph to be an OpenID provider

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:18:28 +0000

The point about community is not one of numerical size but about belonging. Just because concern X has n million users doesn’t mean they should be an identity provider for them, which seems to be what is happening here. The point about OpenId is that it allows people to manage their identity where they choose and to use *their* identity in numerous places. If all websites become providers and not consumers then we are just moving technology and not practice.

Yahoo also appear to be announcing a provider-only service.

Anyone providing a service who only acts as an OpenId provider is a stinking rotter and IS engaging in warped PR, whatever the size of their user database.

By: haaaargh

haaaargh — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:47:28 +0000

So getting on for 13m users and an open blogging platform. No community or user base?

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:07:38 +0000

@ dc crowley

“The telegraph have no community online or user base to justify this warped piece of PR”

So 11,000 registered bloggers on MyTelegraph in the first 24 weeks of the service is no community? I suppose you feel every social network needs 10 million users before it’s a *proper* community? The Telegraph introducing Open ID is the only way that services such as these are going to go mainstream and get the customers that you so crave.

By: shafqat

shafqat — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:55:55 +0000

I’m seeing a lot of news and hype around OpenID recently. I think its a fantastic idea BUT I really don’t see this catching on at all. I personally don’t know more than a handful of people who use OpenID (perhaps I just don’t know the right people). Are people really using it or is the excitement more about the potential?

By: Daily Telegraph signing up for OpenID | Sheila’s work blog

Daily Telegraph signing up for OpenID | Sheila’s work blog — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:38:23 +0000

[...] so conservative after all -well when it comes to technology anyway:-)I see today in an article on Techcruch UK, that the Daily Telegraph will become the first online paper to become an OpenID provider. The [...]

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:16:16 +0000

FYI: The last Audit Bureau of Circulations report has the Telegraph.co.uk on 12.8 million users and 109m page views as of November 2007.

By: dc crowley

dc crowley — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:07:02 +0000

Agree with Julian (need more consumers, rather than providers). This by the way makes as much sense as mercedes benz selling cheese rolls in London. The telegraph have no community online or user base to justify this warped piece of PR

By: Julian Bond

Julian Bond — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:36:47 +0000

We really need more consumers, rather than providers. There are plenty of places now to get an OpenID, but still not enough where you can use them.

The article mentions Digg. I don’t see any evidence that Digg supports OpenID as a consumer or provider (yet).