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MySpace Joins OpenID Initiative |
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Written by Brandon Prebynski
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 |
MySpace has been making strides lately to remain a leader in the social networking field. First they opened up parts of their platform to third-party developers with the use of Google’s OpenSocial platform. Then they redesigned their site with Web 2.0 styles. Now Myspace is joining Blogger, WordPress, Vox, and LiveJournal with the ability to share log-ins.
The OpenID initiative allows people to use the same accounts and passwords across the Web. By utilizing this service, site users do not have to keep track of as many username/password combinations.
Because social network integration is on the rise, and will continue to grow, the OpenID service will gain speed in the near future. Included in OpenID’s momentum are Flixster and Eventful. With market penetration of social networks increasing daily, the OpenID service will grow in importance. Niche networks are popping up in nearly every industry. For ease of use, these niche networks must embrace a service like OpenID.
Marshall Kirkpatrick outlines OpenID in his post at ReadWriteWeb.com. According to Kirkpatrick, OpenID's value to users are as follows: - You can remember one username/password and log in to many different accounts.
- In some cases you don't have to do anything but provide an OpenID in order to start a new account.
- That means you can start personalizing a new service really fast.
- You don't have to trust random new sites with your info, your OpenID authenticator will hold and confirm everything for you.
- In theory, you should be able to choose how much of your full profile to expose to different sites you log into.
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