Revisiting a unique user identifier

[Stumbler Dev]

Are there any plans to offer a public unique identifier for users?

We are synchronizing the Tumblr browsing history and bookmarks for several hundred Tumblr users.  The service works well, allowing users to switch between mobile devices and with a unified browsing session.
Having access to the unique identifier would have many benefits including:

• Eliminating the task of explaining to users why they need to complete an additional signup process or that their Tumblr u/p will not work for the service
• Improving clarity in the password change/reset and email address (username) change conversations
• Enabling the construction of services that have tighter coupling to the Tumblr user identity; i.e. a RTC service where the history follows the unique id instead of the short name and is not lost or hijacked when the short name is changed.

Thanks!

[Yohn]

+1 we really do need a way to associate the user with their account even if they change their account username. please tumblr make this possible!

[Abhishek Kumar]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 2:24 AM, Yohn <john....@gmail.com> wrote:

+1 we really do need a way to associate the user with their account even if they change their account username. please tumblr make this possible!

 +1

On Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:39:29 PM UTC-4, Stumbler Dev wrote:

Are there any plans to offer a public unique identifier for users?

We are synchronizing the Tumblr browsing history and bookmarks for several hundred Tumblr users.  The service works well, allowing users to switch between mobile devices and with a unified browsing session.
Having access to the unique identifier would have many benefits including:

• Eliminating the task of explaining to users why they need to complete an additional signup process or that their Tumblr u/p will not work for the service
• Improving clarity in the password change/reset and email address (username) change conversations
• Enabling the construction of services that have tighter coupling to the Tumblr user identity; i.e. a RTC service where the history follows the unique id instead of the short name and is not lost or hijacked when the short name is changed.

Thanks!

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