[OWW-SC] http://openwetware.org/wiki/Reddit

[Julius Lucks]

I will check on the OpenID support.  I am with John in thinking we  
should see how the OWW community decides to use it.  That said, some  
good example usage and maybe a highlight blurb about suggested usage  
will go a long way in shaping how the community views the service.

Cheers,

Julius

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On Nov 13, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Austin Che wrote:

>
>> how it goes.  You have to log into reddit as a separate account at  
>> the
>> moment, if this works, then we could look at combining the log-ins.
>
>     Can you check if they support/plan to support/can support OpenID?
>     If they do, then we can have single login as OWW now supports
>     OpenID via the URL of your user page
>     e.g. http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:NAME
>
>> A couple of issues:
>> 1. If you comment then you see ads.  We could ask for this to be  
>> removed,
>> but not sure how well it would go down.  We should think about a  
>> sustainable
>> model for the future if we decide to go with this.
>> 2. Do we want to become a "slashdot  for synthetic biology"?  Or  
>> should we
>> just limit the postings to pages on OWW?  I think we should see  
>> how it
>> evolves rather than limit content right away.
>
>     There's already a slashdot for synthetic biology at taqdot.org
>
>> 3. should we put it on the front page as a link, or as the headlines?
>
>     Headlines.
>
>> 4.  We could not have it embedded into OWW  e.g:  http:// 
>> oww.reddit.com/
>
>     I'd rather have it embedded.
>
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