Is login on AskLibO ever going to change?

[jwriter]

Previous users have pointed out that it seems unreasonable to force people to use the open_id sign up method. For example, see:

bad sign-up for this site. feedback..

Hi all. one hour later and ive finally signed up. I tried with AOL but AOL refused to verify this site and blocked it. A few more comments are: it seems unreasonable to force people to use the open_id sign up method. There is no other option except similarly using a personal email address, and entering your personal password. it is customary to allow people to use a sign-up method per website. This is what i’d prefer. It is my opinion that this is essential. all this aside, I will t…

To me there is a certain amount of arrogance to using a complicated login system. The obvious problem is that people who haven’t figured it out don’t have voice. We don’t know who these people are, because they are blocked and their opinions are not represented in this forum. Maybe they have a good reason for not using social media, like not wanting to be tracked. To whoever made the decision to require a social media account: will you ever read this post? How can I contact you? I hope you will answer this post. You can see why it seems arrogant to impose this system on people - very different from the otherwise open prinicples of Libre Office.

[bencomp]

Related question: General questions about Ask L-O with relevant answer about control: General questions about Ask L-O - #4 by oweng and a summarising answer to a similar question: Can the interface for registering at AskLO be improved? - #4 by oweng

[artfulrobot]

Yep, and if your openid provider should go away, you cannot login nor change your login providers!

[oweng]

Well, “ever” is a long time (as the saying goes). It remains unclear whether the site administrators / TDF will turn on the local account login feature at some point or not. It would seem unlikely, but that is my opinion.

To whoever made the decision to require a social media account …

This is inaccurate. OpenID is not a “social media account” and yet it is one of the methods offered for login. As the comments against the question indicate, there are currently unanswered questions relating to re-association of a new OpenID to an existing AskLO account, but otherwise OpenID is available for use, on a non-social basis if necessary.