Open HN: The Default is Social
"The new default for the web is now Social."
Facebook for years has been working to be the identity provider for the web. As the web becomes less of an escape and more the default way we live our lives, it's becoming more and more important for us take our web identities with us when we visit other websites.
I feel like maybe hackernews should join that list. There are things I would like to contribute to the larger web, and I would like that to link back to my HN profile.
I thought I would use the Open HN: tag as a way to discuss how HN might be more open with it's data in general, or how HN users can participate in external content with their HN identities. As hackers we should feel that data should be open to browse, and HN should be no different.
If HN supported OpenIDs, then as other hackers build products to support the HN community we could login with those identities into apps that host StartupCraft tournaments, Spreadsheets, and other tools.
Our OpenIDs are not just login tools, they are Identity tools, that allow us to relate the work and efforts we do, back to a community that identifies us and validates us.
PS. this is the sort of stuff I dream of working on for companies, and the sort of stuff I want to talk about on Monday at Facebook's OpenID summit.
http://plancast.com/p/2lpp
How else can we make HN more open?