Again....we come to the same thing in this duplicate thread basically...and again no compromise.
I already said I have no problem with an api returning you a 0 or a 1 saying I am licensed or not...I also have no problem with you getting a 0 or a 1 saying a member is associated with someone in general...but who they are associated with is their business.
I already said it is fine to differentiate between a license holder and an associated member...however that is as far as it is acceptable. Listing who is associated with my account is way beyond the scope of what I think you should know about me. I trust xf with my info...not you and certainly not every random person who wants to snoop around.
If you want to turn people down for not sharing their info that is your damn business...and most definitely not my problem. In my country the needs of your business seriously hold no weight compared to my privacy and seeing that I have not engaged in business with you, you have no rights to my information, I simply don't trust you...if I want you to know who is associated with me...it is up to me to tell you.
You can always just deny me the sale of your products if that suits you, but you are asking xf to join your crusade and take your side against my rights to privacy.
That is a circular argument, with no real validity. I can see you are a well known member simply by your stats...since that IS how you became a well known member, even without the super imposed title your stats reflect the same info.
You are asking to display NEW information that I did not agree to, if you are asking to see my associated list.
There is a huge difference there.