Identity Management Success

Hello Everyone:

Several people have written to us asking about our blog comment policy. In short, we have always required membership to the blog (traditionally requiring a database account) and for the account to be logged in before posting. Additionally, all comments are moderated, and most posts have not been comment-enabled by default.

Why such a restrictive policy? Primarily to protect our company, our readers, our content, and to reduce spam. (This is a company blog, not a private one.) That said, we are partially re-evaluating the formal membership policy and are providing a “back door” if you will, which allows readers to sign in directly, and have an account created on the fly. The secret? OpenID, and a fantastic plugin for enabling OpenID logins. Note: To use this “back door” you must have a valid OpenID. OpenID’s may be obtained several places, but two that we can recommend are MyOpenID and ClaimID. Once you have a valid and confirmed OpenID, you may use it to sign in to our blog and post your comments directly from the “Comments” link, at the bottom of all new posts. Once signed in with your OpenID, you will be able to update your profile online, via the WordPress interface.

OpenID login is available immediately, but will only apply to posts from 1/11/2007 onward. If demand warrants, we will enable comments for previous posts as well. All comments continue to be moderated.

Questions about commenting on our blog? Please send email, or post a comment.

Best regards,

Corbin H. Links, President
Links Business Group, LLC