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gravatar - online identity

http://site.gravatar.com/about

Gravatar aims to put a face behind the name. This is the beginning of trust. In the future, Gravatar will be a way to establish trust between producers and consumers on the internet. It will be the next best thing to meeting in person.

Would this be any use for VOX members ?

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foxfirefey
...80x80 user icons are the beginning of trust? How ridiculous.
osde8info
whats different between Gravatar and openid or is this just another openid service ?
foxfirefey
Well, the only measure of "trust" OpenID provides is that a person has been authorized to identify from that particular OpenID. That's it. By itself, it doesn't guarantee that only one person can identify with that ID. Or that ID doesn't com from a spammer. Or anything approaching a real measure of trust.

Gravatar only lets you know what a given person's email's icon is. That's about it. Reading their implementation, you have to verify that the person's email on your own, if you so choose.

And it's just an icon! I'm from LJ, icons make me trust others not a whit. They're just a picture someone has attached to their account. It doesn't have to represent their "face", and neither does Gravatar's.
osde8info
thanks thats helpful
are there any openid services you would recommend ?
foxfirefey
https://www.myopenid.com/ should suffice. It's run by a company with active involvement in the development of the OpenID spec and is ahead of the curve in features.
osde8info
thanks i'll sign up

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