Comment 6 for bug 930364

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Robert Collins
<email address hidden> wrote:
> The problem is that badges are not authoritative - nothing stops someone
> grabbing e.g. the ubuntu server team logo and using it elsewhere. So
> while you are right, that the screenshot you show does not help all that
> much, badges are not a good vector for fixing it.

True, but hovering over the badges should reveal the URL of the team,
itself, which would be authoritative.

When I'm adding users to a Google Plus Circle, LinkedIn connection, or
Facebook, I typically see other relationships I have with those
individuals. It gives me some confidence that the 'John Smith' I'm
associating with is the right 'John Smith' I'm looking for. But I'm
experiencing this same problem with Launchpad, and it seems these
other social sites have solved it in a sufficient manner.

Maybe it would make sense to at least show badges of the teams that
you're *both* members of? That would be sufficient for my reported
problem, and address your concern, Robert.

> Showing involved roles is something we do in bug selection; each context
> needs to be taught how to be related - PPAs are only related to the
> team, so there isn't any particular context to use.

Ack.

> As it stands, I doubt there is anything we can do directly to address
> the difficulty.

Again, I disagree. But it seems most bugs I report against Launchpad
itself have the same conclusion :-(

> As a side-note it would be better if the bug didn't presume the solution
> but focused on the problem :)

Heh. Well, my apologies, as I am an engineer, developer, and
problem-solver at heart ;-)