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I’m signing up for various wiki’s maps and the community hub pertaining to the Identity Mashup conference and I am running into problems with all the different authentication schemes and getting tired of creating repetitive accounts.
First I get an invite to join Attendr, first new account. A cousin to Frappr in terms of functionality. I Get in, do my thing, go tag crazy, list who I know and who I want to meet.
Then I try to log into Community Hub. I have to create another new account. So I do that. Grumble. The Community Hub wiki says I can log in with LID or OpenID, so I create an OpenID account, try to log in and get this cryptic message:
Error: return_to ‘http://wiki.idmashup.org/Main_Page?title=Main_Page&lid-nonce=2006-06-16T23%3A53%3A27.571Z’ not under trust_root ‘http://wiki.idmashup.com/’ You cannot log into this site with this OpenID URL.Try to access this page anonymously.
Grumble grumble. My new OpenID account works at other locations, what’s the deal? The wiki is not listed in the OpenID site directory, does that mean it’s not known by the system yet?
Why do I have to create a regular user/pass account for the Community Hub and another or OpenID account for the wiki? Grumble 3x.
Then when I try to Contact the help form, I fill it out and hit send and the same page reloads with my message in it, no confirmation or error message. Massive grumble.
Harping aside, I do like the hub, nicely done, it’s the myriad registration processes that drive me nuts.
