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Stefan Fountain replied on April 24, 2008 18:01 to the idea "Could someone log in to Get Satisfaction without signing up?" in Get Satisfaction:

Thanks Thor for your quick reply.

The more relevant and good example that _exactly_ answers my question is here: http://developers.getsatisfaction.com...

"You could, for example, allow users of your system to link their accounts to our accounts so they don't need to login to satisfaction when they want to ask a question about your service."

I hadn't seen that at first glance, so chapeaux to you guys!

Thor Muller replied on April 24, 2008 14:58 to the idea "Could someone log in to Get Satisfaction without signing up?" in Get Satisfaction:

I'm happy to announce that we have completed support for OAuth in our new open API. This gives companies a huge amount of control over how they pass-through their logged-in users without requiring them to register anew. Read about it here: http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2008/...

OpenID support is coming next.

Stefan Fountain replied on April 24, 2008 14:52 to the idea "Could someone log in to Get Satisfaction without signing up?" in Get Satisfaction:

We'd love to integrate our user accounts with our section on GS, but forcing users to create a new account is counter productive. Like the comment above referring users creates unnecessary friction.

So I would like to ask a more concrete question to this discussion.

Can you give us examples of how we can use OAuth to hook our existing users into creating an account and getting them going nice and quickly?

Using OAuth would be perfect to create a transparent support mechanism using the our own user accounts without having to rebuild your (very good) interface for community based support.

Leslie Chicoine replied on March 13, 2008 19:13 to the idea "Could someone log in to Get Satisfaction without signing up?" in Get Satisfaction:

I agree. I don't know if OpenID really makes things much simpler (it's still a very confusing process for most people). An app that just launched that lays on top of OpenID and makes the experience easier is Clickpass.com. You might like to check it out.

What's going to happen sooner than OpenID is our implementation of OAuth, which is coming out with our API release. Integrating OAuth will let a site pass user information to us in a secure fashion. That means the site you're coming from can set up an account for you (or check to see if you already have one). It's easier to understand because you're moving from one trusted network to another. Much like the handoff between a great airline and a good hotel service. The work gets done for you.

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Lyanna replied on March 12, 2008 10:20 to the idea "Timeline for New Services?" in SocialThing:

On my wishlist:
- RSS (own blog, other blogs)
- LinkedIn
- Plaxo
- Picasa Web albums
- Del.ico.us
- Magnolia
- Last.fm

I've been impressed with what I've seen so far though!!!

Matt Galligan replied on March 12, 2008 09:20 to the idea "Timeline for New Services?" in SocialThing:

So just to let you know, we're working on a new system for adding services. We want the users to collaborate on which services they want the most, so a digg style voting system is on its way.

Thanks!

Leech replied on March 12, 2008 03:53 to the idea "Timeline for New Services?" in SocialThing:

Jaiku, LinkedIn, Plaxo ?

:)

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Ross LaRocco replied on March 12, 2008 03:33 to the idea "Timeline for New Services?" in SocialThing:

Digg, Last.fm, del.ico.us were available earlier when I joined the beta. I'm sure they'll be back soon.

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Casey replied on March 12, 2008 02:13 to the idea "Could someone log in to Get Satisfaction without signing up?" in Get Satisfaction:

Just to chime in...

I would love it if opensatisfaction would support OpenID. This is just the sort of Application that would benefit greatly from it. Users can leave questions/suggestions for other companies without having to go through the hassle of creating a new account.

I must admit.. it is not much of a hassle to create an account, but it is still a new account. Which, for me, means another user/pass I have to track.

Casey replied on March 12, 2008 02:08 to the idea "OpenID" in SocialThing:

Woo! Thanks for this. I can't wait.

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Casey replied on March 12, 2008 02:07 to the idea "Timeline for New Services?" in SocialThing:

Here are some other services I would love to see on socialthing:
Last.fm
Digg
Ma.gnolia
Google Reader Shared Items
del.icio.us
Newsvine

Thanks for the responses!