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codycarey

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Registered: 2009-08-21

Posts: 154

Re: 4 seperate logins for archlinux.org?

Not a fallacy, I actually do know a little bit about bot automation, and I'd guess that 90% of the Arch userbase is registering only on the forums at first anyway.
Bots are registering at a specific "type" of forum/wiki/etc. 

So, what happens when you have a bot that has an openid account..

What you've said is very likely true, but it doesn't change my point.

As for an OpenID account, well obviously they'd have access to all of the platform at once, that's a given. But there are two major advantages of OpenID. First it means banning a user is effective across the platform, as I said above. Second, it takes the major responsibility of fighting spammers off the Arch admins, they'd only be doing minor cleanup. So it appears obvious to me that the benefits outweigh the risks.

crouse

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From: Iowa - USA

Registered: 2006-08-19

Posts: 907

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Re: 4 seperate logins for archlinux.org?

Apparently we see things differently. I'm ok either way, but I really don't see how openid "takes the major responsibility of fighting spammers off the Arch admins" .... I must be missing something.

codycarey

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Registered: 2009-08-21

Posts: 154

Re: 4 seperate logins for archlinux.org?

Apparently we see things differently. I'm ok either way, but I really don't see how openid "takes the major responsibility of fighting spammers off the Arch admins" .... I must be missing something.

I'm referring primarily to the work Pierre is doing with user registrations.