LJ allows identity accounts to post in communities

[charmian]

In the latest release, LJ has now allowed for identity accounts (openID, Facebook, Twitter, and others) to post in LJ communities. While this new feature has been overshadowed by the LJ nav strip revision, it seems to have already caused some controversy.

Personally, I'm for this feature (although I don't think that it'll affect me personally much); I really don't think there's much of a security issue with Twitter/FB accounts posting, and actually I'm puzzled by the assertion that LJ-Abuse has less data on the identity accounts than other accounts. I mean, isn't LJ Abuse able to trace even anonymous posters through IP addresses and other things? Anyone with more technical knowledge want to chime in on those aspects?

I now wonder, though, if Dreamwidth is going to implement a similar feature, and if so, would there also be this kind of opposition?

Poll #6955 identity accounts posting in comms on DW

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 33

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Should DW allow identity accounts (openID) to make posts in communities?

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Yes
22 (66.7%)

No
8 (24.2%)

Other (explain in comments)
3 (9.1%)

Comments

Re: Other

[charmian]

Hmm... I wonder if Tumblr wouldn't work for you then? (With Disqus for comments) It depends how many features you need, however. WP I find fairly easy to use, but then I've blogged a lot, so for inexperienced people WP might be too much.

Yeah, I don't know how this is going to affect the appeal of creating comms on DW now that LJ has this function. I've already seen at least one instance of someone using their FB account on a comm I read that appeals to a widespread, public audience.