[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress] #4039: Blog comments link to a user's activity via the same email address, regardless of it being them or not

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#4039: Blog comments link to a user's activity via the same email address,
regardless of it being them or not
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 Reporter:  mdpane       |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Core         |     Version:  1.5.4
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion  |
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Changes (by boonebgorges):

 * keywords:   => 2nd-opinion
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => Future Release


Comment:

 Good observation, but I don't know if this is a feature or a bug. The same
 thing is true of the use of Gravatar.

 The only thing I'd consider doing in BP is changing this around a little
 bit:
 http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.4/bp-blogs/bp-blogs-
 functions.php#L238
 Add a switch so that we first look for bp_loggedin_user_id() before doing
 a get_user_by( 'email' ) lookup, and add a filter so that the admin can
 prevent the get_user_by('email') lookup for non-logged-in members. That
 way admins can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to allow non-logged-
 in activity tracking.

 Second opinion?

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