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aldon Hynes replied on December 01, 2008 15:31 to the question "Can't create an account using an OpenID 2.0 i-name" in tarpipe:

Any progress on this? I've tried Tarpipe several times, not only with OpenID 2.0 but with OpenID 1.0 and have NEVER been able to get past the creation of an account. I'm curious about how many aborted account setups I have.

aldon Hynes started following the question "Can't create an account using an OpenID 2.0 i-name" in tarpipe.

aldon Hynes replied on August 15, 2008 22:00 to the problem "Open ID and registerning on Ping" in Ping.fm:

It is now happening with Rejaw, without the ability to add a password to ReJaw as part of the work around.

aldon Hynes started following the problem "Open ID and registerning on Ping" in Ping.fm.

aldon Hynes replied on August 15, 2008 21:59 to the idea "OpenID Support" in Ping.fm:

Well, ReJaw has been added as a service to ping.fm. ReJaw uses OpenID and does NOT provide an option for OpenID users to get a password. I've reported this as a problem to ReJaw, but it is another case where ping.fm really needs to start supporting OpenID. In this case, there isn't a workaround.

aldon Hynes started following the problem "Your Rejaw integration shouldn't require email address" in Ping.fm.

A comment on the problem "Your Rejaw integration shouldn't require email address" in Ping.fm:

I have an OpenID based account, and no password, or ability to use a password, so I can't add Rejaw to my services on Ping.fm This is similar to the problem with other OpenID supporting services, except that in this case Rejaw doesn't provide the ability to add a password as a work around, as was done with other services – aldon Hynes, on August 15, 2008 21:57

aldon Hynes started following the problem "New Mento-Box (personal change aversion + Description Box Weirdness)" in Mento.

aldon Hynes replied on August 06, 2008 09:08 to the problem "Auto migration Tag-Channel Weirdness" in Mento:

I'm with Jan. I don't want categories. I want to use Mento as a better bookmarking (with tagging) system.

In addition, it appears as if you can no longer add tags when you try to bookmark from the tool bar. I don't know if you can still add tags other ways.

Until I can use tags the way tags are designed to be used, I'm going to have to stop using Mento and go back to the greasemonkey scripts I used in the past

aldon Hynes started following the problem "Auto migration Tag-Channel Weirdness" in Mento.

aldon Hynes replied on August 06, 2008 09:04 to the problem "No Screenshots, No predefaulted Tags, just bring back the old Mento" in Mento:

Now that I've explored the new functionality a little more, and seen what Mento appears to be doing, I no longer think my problem is addressed. Instead, it appears as if what has happened is that tagging is no longer supported by Mento. I can add predefined categories, like Media or Politics, but if I want to use my own tags (which is CRUCIAL to my use of any bookmarking site), I'm out of luck.

e.g. Recently I tagged a page whiteboard and collaboration These tags are very important to me. They get passed to other sites, like del.icio.us and ma.gnolia

Now, I can't send tags!

aldon Hynes marked one of grex's replies in Mento as useful. grex replied to the problem "No Screenshots, No predefaulted Tags, just bring back the old Mento".

aldon Hynes replied on August 05, 2008 22:08 to the problem "No Screenshots, No predefaulted Tags, just bring back the old Mento" in Mento:

Grex, Thanks. I've always used the dropdown boxes on the side, and what I've always been able to do, just isn't there. However, clicking on the icon itself, instead of the dropdown boxes gives me exactly the functionality that I feared had been lost. Thanks again.

aldon Hynes reported a problem in Mento on August 05, 2008 19:20:

No Screenshots, No predefaulted Tags, just bring back the old Mento

The New Mento toolbar does not appear to allow me to easily submit a bookmark without a Screenshot. I don't want to provide a screenshot. The other option apparently is to submit it to a predefined tag, but I don't want any of the predefined tags. Can we make it work like the old toolbar?

aldon Hynes started following the question "Can I use Ping.fm with Identi.ca via OpenID?" in Ping.fm.

aldon Hynes shared an idea in Ping.fm on June 09, 2008 19:23:

OpenID Support

It would be great if ping.fm supported OpenId

aldon Hynes replied on May 24, 2008 12:23 to the problem "Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service" in Twitter:

Let me take a slightly different view on this as I described in my article Crossing the Chasm without Jumping the Shark

http://www.orient-lodge.com/node/2978

Based on Shirky's comments about moderation and the issues of moving from a community of early adopters to the early majority, I think it puts the issue into a broader context that should be helpful for Twitter and other companies that are bound to face this issue.

A comment on the problem "Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service" in Twitter:

Twitter is more than just a communications utility. It is a community. It is a community that feels it has no recourse to due process. Unless Twitter the company addresses this, other people will, either by the community moving or by regulators moving in.

I'm at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference right now, were we've been exploring these issues. Stop by and read my post about it at

http://www.orient-lodge.com/node/2976 – aldon Hynes, on May 23, 2008 12:15

aldon Hynes replied on May 22, 2008 20:48 to the problem "Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service" in Twitter:

I'm at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference where there are discussions about how best to deal with Cyberbullying. I expect that Twitter may be examined as a way not to deal with Cyberbullying