Almost every single time it came up on HN it was met with FUD or straight out lies about what it was, how it worked and what it was like compared to other login mechanisms.<p>I distinctly remember, both during development of Persona, and shortly after the discontinuation of it... people who had this BRILLIANT IDEA! They would  send a token to your email &#x2F;every time you wanted to login&#x2F;.<p>They repeatedly were lacking in every way to Persona but somehow managed to capture more of peoples&#x27; attention.<p>Actually, congrats, there are several users doing it right here in this thread.