Open ID Account and LiveJournal Account

[zelda_queen]

Hi! I had a question about the connection between the Open ID account used to edit community posts imported from LiveJournal and the LiveJournal account itself. Specifically, I was wondering if it's possible to continue to use that Open ID account to edit imported posts and delete the LiveJournal account the posts were imported from.

I'm a member of a community that's been imported here from LiveJournal and have periodically used my Open ID account to edit links in the old posts I made. I'm currently on the fence in regards to deleting my LiveJournal account, but I don't want to do it if it means I won't be able to edit those posts.

Than you very much!

Comments

[ckd]

I believe that if you "claim" the LJ OpenID with your DW account, that will make the posts and comments editable by your DW account.

You do have to do it while you can still log in to your LJ account though.

https://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=84

[dancing_serpent]

You're right, when you delete your LJ you won't be able to log in to you OpenID account any more, and so wouldn't be able to edit those posts.

I believe that claiming your OpenID account with your Dreamwidth account would be a way to still allow you to edit, but I can't say for sure. I made the mistake of deleting my LJ before claiming OpenIDs was a thing, so those posts and comments are lost to me.