Comments on: Email as Unique Identifier http://www.peterpixel.nl/writings/email-as-unique-identifier/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Peter http://www.peterpixel.nl/writings/email-as-unique-identifier/comment-page-1/#comment-6317 Peter Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:03:17 +0000 http://www.peterpixel.nl/writings/email-as-unique-identifier/#comment-6317 When you read it like that then yes, I am contradicting myself but I also state that there is usually one main email address: "one we use most frequently or give others". When you read it like that then yes, I am contradicting myself but I also state that there is usually one main email address: “one we use most frequently or give others”.

]]> By: Rogier http://www.peterpixel.nl/writings/email-as-unique-identifier/comment-page-1/#comment-6316 Rogier Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:59:24 +0000 http://www.peterpixel.nl/writings/email-as-unique-identifier/#comment-6316 "It is also easier to recall when signing into a service. If usernames are asked, I am forced to remember what username I chose but I definitely know my email address." You're contradiction yourself by saying that most people have more then one email address, but can still recall which email address they used for that particular service. They can as well forget that, just like they can forget which username was entered upon registration. Just like I have more then one username, I have more then one email address. The likeliness of typing my username or email address wrong is equal. But nevertheless it's an interesting topic to keep up to date with. “It is also easier to recall when signing into a service. If usernames are asked, I am forced to remember what username I chose but I definitely know my email address.”

You’re contradiction yourself by saying that most people have more then one email address, but can still recall which email address they used for that particular service. They can as well forget that, just like they can forget which username was entered upon registration.

Just like I have more then one username, I have more then one email address. The likeliness of typing my username or email address wrong is equal.

But nevertheless it’s an interesting topic to keep up to date with.

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