blog.digg.com — "Digg has joined the DataPortability Project, a group of websites cooperating to help you securely use your data however you want. Why? Because you own your data. It’s that simple. From the start, Digg has supported the idea that you own your own data."
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koickJan 29, 2008
"Because you own your data. It?s that simple. From the start, Digg has supported the idea that you own your own data."So, if your account gets banned, do you still get access to all your comments and stories you dugg? Just asking because I always wondered that.
sbwmsJan 29, 2008Submitter
Yes, our current thinking is to be an OpenID consumer first, as there are millions of OpenIDs out there from providers large and small.
netsharcJan 30, 2008
The bandwagon, let me jump into it...
topher06Jan 30, 2008
Yeah, its gets tiresome having to enter the same data over and over again so some kind of standard system would be nice. But what data does Digg have that I care about. My nick name? The IP I comment from? I can't see how Digg really cares about this except to jump on the bandwagon of what sounds like the next big thing to talk about on the Internet, and the buzzword today is "DataPortability". Like Net Neutrality, LOLCATZ, or AMAZING HDR PHOTO, expect the front page of Digg to be peppered with this buzzword for the next few months.
jonerikandersenJan 30, 2008
You own your own Diggs...
mrviklundJan 30, 2008
Totally useless...And OpenID is also totally overblown. I think OpenID is a bad thing on my part. It's bad security.
joestumpJan 31, 2008
Sure, but it means the world to those 0.1% of us that care about open standards.
tslackFeb 3, 2008
It's very important to not append the "www" to the digg profile url as this will result in a different hash. I finally figured that out and was able to get the page verified. (Just in case anybody else was running into that problem.)
r0botFeb 5, 2008
i do not know alot about it, or how its all going to work. but i like it!
hybridwaveJul 2, 2008
hey steve - if you generate the microID based on the profile page, then what does claimID read from our user profile page to verify? i don't see any meta tag for 'microid'. what about other sites besides claimID? what meta info do they read?