In my opinion, the system should not allow the advanced search to filter users who hide their public profile. Because in this way you can easily list the topics and posts of these users.
What do you think?
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The discussion revolves around the idea of restricting advanced search functionality for users with private profiles. nildarar suggests that the system should not allow advanced search to filter users who have hidden their public profiles, as this can still reveal their topics and posts. diakopter agrees and proposes restricting visibility of profiles and searching messages to users within specific groups. Heliosurge notes that users who have publicly posted should still be searchable by username, but those who have not posted publicly and have hidden their profiles should not appear in autocomplete. diakopter clarifies that the concern is for users who have not publicly posted in restricted categories. Heliosurge suggests considering a custom plugin to achieve this functionality if it’s a priority need.
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I second this request. How can we restrict visibility of profiles to the public… and actually, restrict searching messages (and enumerating usernames) to users who are members of a particular group?
Thank you
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The only difficulty I can see if a user has posted that has hidden there profile. Searching by user name makes sense to be available as they have publically posted. That being said if the user whom has hidden there profile and has not posted publically shouldn’t show in an Auto complete.
Hiding one’s profile only makes there profile invisible but can see it being useful to hide in advance search if hasn’t posted in publically visibke categories.
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Yes. I’m referring to users who have not publicly posted, as this is a forum with only categories with restricted permissions using the official Subscription plugin.
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You may need to see about commissioning a plugin to get this working sooner if considered a priority need in Marketplace
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