Re: [GNU/consensus] [SocialSwarm-D] Zooko's Triangle

[Michael Rogers]

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On 25/07/13 11:10, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> I think maybe what you are getting at is that you think using 
> address@hidden as the single identifier for a lot of different things 
> (email, chat, files, voip, social, etc) is a really bad idea. You
> don't have to like it, but address@hidden is still the most commonly
> used identifier there is. To embrace it is hardly being intolerant,
> it is just being practical and backward compatible.
> 
> 
> Embracing email as part of a holistic identity strategy could be 
> practical.  But if it's using email as the 'one identity to rule
> them all' -- it's going to be fractured by nature.

I don't think the suggestion is to use email addresses as universal
identifiers, but simply to use the address@hidden format, which is
memorisable, easily recognised, and clearly represents the
user/service provider relationship.

However, using one format for multiple services is confusing - already
I can't put my Jabber ID on my business card without explaining that
it's not an email address. Perhaps it would be appropriate to use
different separators for different services - user#domain,
user*domain, etc?

Cheers,
Michael

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