Discussion-level privacy
We’ve recently made some changes to how group privacy works on Loomio.
You can now configure your groups to be public, private, or hidden:
- Public - discussions are public. Anyone can see the group name, description, and membership. Anyone can ask to join.
- Private - discussions are only visible to members. Anyone can see the group name, description, and membership. Anyone can ask to join.
- Hidden - only members can see the group and its discussions. People have to be invited to join.
You shouldn’t need to do anything, we just wanted to give you a heads up about the new settings :)
Let us know if you have any questions!
Feel free to email [email protected] if you have privacy concerns that you don't want to discuss in public :)
PauKokura
Thu 28 Nov 2013 2:37PM
It should be explained better (see image in discussion, in the same style it is now)
Marcos Siqueira
Thu 28 Nov 2013 6:06PM
Too complex I think we can do better. I personally like just public/private radio button with one checkbox as to whether to list group in the directory.
PauKokura
Fri 29 Nov 2013 7:13AM
Yes, we can do better...
PauKokura
Fri 29 Nov 2013 7:14AM
Yes, can do better...
Raphaël Jadot
Sat 30 Nov 2013 10:46AM
At first glance, it seems interesting.... like it
Poll Created Thu 5 Dec 2013 10:30AM
Lets consensuate the wording first Closed Sun 8 Dec 2013 10:00AM
Naming three levels of privacy, the term "Public" is fully accepted, "Private" presents some controversy, and "Hidden" is widely preferred rather than "Secret".
Lots of options have been proposed... The details (visibility-access etc) need more discussion, but if we agree the terminology first, the debate can turn to details. So...
Public, Private and Secret
Disclaimer:
yes - totally agree the three terms.
abstain - i would prefer another, but accept it.
no - Other option has not been considered enough!
block - I will never accept a word like "Public", "Private" or "Secret".
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 36.4% | 4 |
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| Abstain | 54.5% | 6 |
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| Disagree | 9.1% | 1 |
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| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 888 |
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11 of 899 people have participated (1%)
PauKokura
Thu 5 Dec 2013 10:35AM
I dont like connotation of private and secret, but proposed alternatives seem unclear for others.
Richard D. Bartlett
Thu 5 Dec 2013 7:50PM
Out of character for me, but I don't care about the words on this one. I think 'hidden' might be a good alternative to 'secret'.
Robert Guthrie
Thu 5 Dec 2013 9:42PM
We can change this as we get a feel for it. Currently I think Private is not that self explanatory. Public and Hidden are good.
Miles Thompson
Fri 6 Dec 2013 3:18AM
I think public, private and secret easily understood and for something like a radio box setting clarity is paramount. The word(?) consensuate makes me twitch, though ;_)