[uf-discuss] MicroID - Identity in a shade of microformat

[jer]

> As your model is spoofable if I know your email, I'm not sure what  
> this gains for you over showing the ID or email directly in the  
> moderated system.

So that you don't *have* to be public, so the identifier can be  
private if you want it to, so that your account on that other system  
isn't tied to you (unless or until you want it to).

Jer