Yes, you can call me a hypocrite. Yes, I’m still a firm believer in portable data and identity. Pragmatism won out over idealism.
One, an increasing number of sites now use Facebook and/or Twitter exclusively for their user authentication. In this context, having a corporate-controlled ID is unfortunately better than having no ID. Two, at work I’ve had to ask other people to do tasks I should be doing and I’m done feeling weird about that.
This little ol’ weblog is still my preferred publishing residence and that won’t change anytime soon.
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WELCOME BACK.
We must share a hive mind of sorts. 🙂
Had a post all ready to revise tonight and publish tomorrow saying a similar thing. I guess I’ll give it another once over and publish it anyway.
What was the process like to get your username back?
Just signed up for a Twitter account as you normally do. I never deleted my Facebook account, so that was a pretty simple reactivation.
You held out longer than I expected. Welcome back, sir!
You know there are ways to export your data from both Twitter and Facebook…
I know. But it’s largely unusable in a new environment.
Welcome back. Resistance is futile.
Hmmm . . . and was just about to follow your lead. Guess I’ll hold off for a bit. ; )