Ask HN: Did opeid run out of steam?
Did openid run out of steam?
If so:
1. what were the lessons learnt?
2. What were the successful features?
3. What should openid have been?
I suspect that many start=up sites just fail to notice it or feel they want more information about a user than they are guaranteed by the OpenID process. We request a new user's email address but can manage just fine without it - we also provide a user profile page where users can opt to add more details about themselves to "fill in the blanks".