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An Identity Account represents a user who has not created a Personal Account but still wishes to be able to read entries on their Friends Page. They are created when someone logs in using OpenID. This is a good option for a user who wishes not to participate in posting entries to journals but instead commenting only. Identity Accounts are denoted with the icon .

1 Why would I want an Identity account on LiveJournal?
2 What can I as an Identity account on LiveJournal?
3 What Identity Accounts can't do
4 Example: How To Log In to LiveJournal via OpenID from DeadJournal

[edit] Why would I want an Identity account on LiveJournal?

If you want to be able to comment on LiveJournals but not want to create a Personal LiveJournal Account, you can log in via OpenID and leave comments with an Identity LiveJournal Account.

[edit] What can I as an Identity account on LiveJournal?

Customize your Journal
Edit your User Information
Friend accounts
Manage your Login Sessions
Manage your Public Key
Manage your Schools
Manage your ToDo List
Memorify Entries
Post Comments
See where your Account lives
See the Birthdays of your Friends
Upload User Pictures
Use the Portal

[edit] What Identity Accounts can't do

/admin/console/ : ban_list, ban_set, ban_unset, be target of set_underage, will be seen as !person in get_maintainer.
have an FOAF File.
be displayed in FOAF files.
have yadis authentication in yadis view.
vote in polls.
post events via protocol.
post backdated entries. (can't post anyway.)
be listed in portal birthdays box.
add tags.
control tags.
/tools/sixdegrees.bml : be included in chains.
have an email address.
be present in XMLRPC output from friendgroup listing request.
have a journal.
be listed in portal friends box.
view protected entries on S2 DayPage.
have non-delinkified comments.
view protected entries on S2 MonthPage.
/editjournal.bml : edit entries.
/userinfo.bml : split friend lists into 3 groups.
/community/create.bml : create community accounts.
/community/join.bml : join a community.
/community/manage/bml : manage communities.
/community/members.bml : be invited to communities.
/community/settings.bml : manage community settings.
/changepassword.bml : change password. (openid accounts don't have passwords by design.)
/manage/emailpost.bml : post mobile posts.
/manage/tags.bml : manage tags.
/tools/recent_comments.bml : latest posted comments. nor latest received for that matter since they don't have a journal.
/view/index.bml : view protected entries.

[edit] Example: How To Log In to LiveJournal via OpenID from DeadJournal

Log in to DeadJournal. (In this example, DeadJournal is the OpenID Server.)

Log in to LiveJournal using OpenID. (In this example, LiveJournal is the OpenID Consumer.) Insert your DeadJournal URL (exampleusername.deadjournal.com). Click Login