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LJ user only commenting level?
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 11:40 amhttp://cahwyguy.livejournal.com/1061161.html
On LJ, someone has sent in a suggestion, similar to the oft suggested 'security level for logged-in LJ users', suggesting that LJ create a new level of commenting permissions, for logged-in LJ users only, and not allowing openID users or FB users to comment. (Note that it doesn't affect who can view the entry).
I'm not really sure what such a commenting level would be really useful for, though. If people with FB accounts can see the posts, certainly it's not impossible for them to register and then start commenting, so I can't really see this being helpful from a prevention standpoint; from a spam standpoint, I'm not sure there really is much FB connect spam, or openID spam, but perhaps I'm wrong.
If many people embrace this, however, it really will start breaking some of the interop abilities of openID (and FB Connect) at LJ.
It's also interesting, though, that so far LJ has yet made no decision about the logged-in-user access level. If that's implemented, though, the main party I see it benefiting is LJ itself, because it won't really enhance security for users much. (I also, however, am not sure much disaster will ensue. This function exists in a lot of social media sites which are not disaster zones.)
(Also interesting: http://community.livejournal.com/suggestions/1029501.html Someone proposes authenticated RSS reading on LJ. Actually, they're wrong that there is no web-based authenticated RSS reading solution: http://gregarius.net/)
On LJ, someone has sent in a suggestion, similar to the oft suggested 'security level for logged-in LJ users', suggesting that LJ create a new level of commenting permissions, for logged-in LJ users only, and not allowing openID users or FB users to comment. (Note that it doesn't affect who can view the entry).
I'm not really sure what such a commenting level would be really useful for, though. If people with FB accounts can see the posts, certainly it's not impossible for them to register and then start commenting, so I can't really see this being helpful from a prevention standpoint; from a spam standpoint, I'm not sure there really is much FB connect spam, or openID spam, but perhaps I'm wrong.
If many people embrace this, however, it really will start breaking some of the interop abilities of openID (and FB Connect) at LJ.
It's also interesting, though, that so far LJ has yet made no decision about the logged-in-user access level. If that's implemented, though, the main party I see it benefiting is LJ itself, because it won't really enhance security for users much. (I also, however, am not sure much disaster will ensue. This function exists in a lot of social media sites which are not disaster zones.)
(Also interesting: http://community.livejournal.com/suggestions/1029501.html Someone proposes authenticated RSS reading on LJ. Actually, they're wrong that there is no web-based authenticated RSS reading solution: http://gregarius.net/)
