Feature update: new group privacy settings
Robert Guthrie
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Yesterday we released a whole new system for managing the privacy of your groups. Now when you start a new Loomio group, you’ll get the following options:
Open access groups
As part of this feature, we’ve released the first version of ‘open access groups’. Setting your group to ‘open’ means that any Loomio user can join in immediately, without needing an invitation or approval.
New options, new language
We’ve tried to provide a comprehensive set of options without being too confusing. What do you think? Could it be clearer? We’ve had some really great feedback from the community to get to this point – we’d love you to join the conversation if you have anything to add.
Robert Guthrie Wed 26 Mar 2014 8:51PM
@seantilleycommunit would you please have a look at the latest iteration and give feedback?
https://loomio.mybalsamiq.com/projects/privacy/Edit%20group%20round%20500
We now have an "Anyone can join" option .. meaning people can join freely and discussions are always public.
Jon Lemmon Wed 26 Mar 2014 10:56PM
@seantilleycommunit there were a few things that were confusing/incorrect in the mockup above (especially the sticky notes). i've just fixed it all up though, so if you were confused before, try again and it should make sense. :)
Deleted account Mon 28 Apr 2014 7:08PM
I think there probably needs some further clarification on what "Anyone can see the group" means. Getting to that setting for the first time I wouldn't know what to expect.
Does it mean the group's homepage (i.e with information about the group), or is it just listed as a link in a public directory of groups, or does it mean they can see the home page with information and links to discussion.
Robert Guthrie Thu 1 May 2014 2:54AM
Thanks for the feedback Neil.
We're talking about the group profile page and any public discussions.
Do you have any suggestions for how we might better communicate this? We're in final stages of releasing this feature now.
Jon Lemmon Fri 2 May 2014 2:11AM
@robertguthrie what do you think of something along the lines of what I've written below? And also moving the "discussion privacy" section to right underneath "finding the group" since they are both related to privacy.
Finding the group
- Anyone can see the group (it's name and who's in it)
- Only members can see the group.
Discussion privacy
- Only allow public discussions (visible to anyone)
- Allow public and private discussions
- Only allow private discussions (visible to group members)
Too wordy?
Robert Guthrie Fri 2 May 2014 2:16AM
Does not seem tooo wordy. I'm happy to use that as a starting iteration. Thanks @jonlemmon.
Jon Lemmon Fri 2 May 2014 2:22AM
@robertguthrie cool. Here's a slight tweak on the wording which I think might be easier to read?
Discussion Privacy
- Allow public discussions only (visible to anyone)
- Allow public and private discussions
- Allow private discussions only (visible only to group members)
Jon Lemmon Fri 2 May 2014 2:23AM
@neilmorris how's all the above wording look to you?
Steve Coffman Mon 5 May 2014 4:17PM
@jonlemmon would it be possible to combine your suggestion with what @alanna put forward in *More indepth Sub-Group permissions * (public viewing/private voting)?
Maybe as:
Allow public discussions and private discussions/voting
Robert Guthrie · Fri 21 Mar 2014 11:27PM
Thanks @seantilleycommunit.
@benjaminknightloom and I just had a skype about this stuff and we discovered that we're still combining two settings in one here. (The 'visibility' and how people can join) From there I realised that this 'join freely' option was not on the table and I'm going to mock it up and try to put it in.
Thanks for your input!