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by kmontrose 5598 days ago
Its mostly a distinction between "can login with one click (Registered with OpenId/Facebook)" and "can login with a crazy convoluted path (provide email [again], check email for link, etc.) (Unregistered)".

You can get the lion's share of a Stack Exchange's utility without registering, and this is quite intentional.