denyeo
commented
7 years ago I think flairs will be particularly important for subgroup/labels, to differentiate users within the same group. edit: I've become aware that flairs seem to be being implemented only for Groups (e.g. matrix-dev) at this time, but I'd like to bring up the case of flairs for subgroups (e.g. matrix-dev Core Contributors).
For reference, here is how Discord displays roles (equivalent to Matrix subgroups?). Roles have priorities and colours in Discord, and the highest-ranked role of a user determines the colour of their username. This username colouring makes for a handy reference system (e.g. in this case, learners of Japanese can tell at a glance which users are native speakers or advanced learners of the language).
There are UI issues with colouring usernames, so the alternative giomfo mentioned of displaying the top 3/however many flairs is a good idea.
turt2live
giomfo
Flair is a series of badges after the user’s (disambiguated) display name.
By default, we apply flair if you are a member of a group to which the current room belongs. E.g. if you’re a member of the Matrix core team, and Matrix HQ is part of the Matrix core team group, then your flair will be automatically visible when entering it by default.
We suggest letting users override which flair is visible per-room though (in MemberInfo for that room, or as a dialog box when joining the room) TBD.
Do we limit the number of flairs? Either arbitrary limit of 3 or whatever TBD