[info]mercurychaos in [info]07refugees

OpenID Notifications.

A little while ago someone mentioned in a comment on LJ (can't remember who or where it was) that one of the disadvantages of using OpenID was that you don't get comment notifications.

I'm not sure if anyone here had the same idea, but it's wrong. All you have to do is go to your "edit profile" page (after logging into LJ with OpenID), scroll down to "Contact Info", and put in the e-mail that you want notifications sent to. You'll get an e-mail shortly after asking you to verify it, and then it'll work just as if you had an account there... except you don't.

I've been using my OpenID account for a while to read my friends' journals on LJ, and it's been working pretty well for me. In fact yesterday I finally decided to delete my LJ and so far I don't feel like reactivating it.

So if you know anyone who's still waffling between making a permanent move here because all their friends are still at LJ, then you should tell them about this... OpenID is like methadone. :)

Comments

I've been trying the whole OpenID thing but it's not as functional as I'd like it to be. Like, if someone only wants registered users to comment, I can read their flocked posts but I still can't comment. Also can't read closed communities.

Also, someone was jokng with brad about selling OpenID to the Kremlin. As much as it was a joke on both sides, I really have to wonder how secure I would be if he did sell it to SUP.
I've put in a suggestion on the [info]ideas asylum to add another category for allowing comments: OpenID and Registered. If you think it would be a good thing, you might wander over there and add a comment to the entry.