Have multiple OpenID accounts

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I'm trying to understand OpenID better, and several questions are popping up in my head:

Is it all right to have multiple OpenID accounts, from different providers?

Is there any advantage or disadvantage to doing so? Would it cause any problems if they are unrelated to each other, or should (can?) they be linked together in some way?

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Is it all right to have multiple OpenID accounts, from different providers?

Yes.

Is there any advantage or disadvantage to doing so?

Backup, I suppose. If a site ( such as Stack Exchange) supports an additional OpenID, if your primary OpenID goes down you can always rely on the alternating openID. This approach of course relies upon the target making use of multiple openIDs mapped to a single user account.

Would it cause any problems if they are unrelated to each other, or should (can?) they be linked together in some way?

I would say no.

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