Re: [Launchpad-users] Suggestion, possibly from left field

[Tom Berger <tom.berger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2009/9/11 Vincent Ladeuil <v.ladeuil+lp@xxxxxxx>:
>>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Berger <tom.berger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> <snip/>
>    >>    Tom> Nice idea! The main problem I see is that it would be hard (or at
>    >>    Tom> least cumbersome) to link the identity of people in IRC to their
>    >>    Tom> Launchpad account.
>    >>
>    >> Huh ?
>    >>
>    >> https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+editircnicknames
>
>    Tom> That's a pretty weak identification mechanism.
>
> That's a different issue :)
>
> With good faith people, it's good enough.
> With bad faith people, it's hopeless anyway.
>
> What are your concerns here ?

I have to admit than I'm not really that concerned, simply because I
rarely pay attention to karma, but I know that some users care about
it a lot and will either try to trick the system into getting more of
it or be suspicious of other users doing that.