What is the point in primary's

[ice.d (discord ice)]

In the groups feature,

We can set a group as someone’s primary group.

What is the point in doing so?

[itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma)]

One use I know is to assign group flair, if multiple groups have flairs configured, primary group takes precedence.

[HAWK]

From trusty old ask.discourse:

@DiscourseHelper

Its main purposes are:

• Apply group-based styling to their posts via a CSS class like group-yourgroup
• Use the group’s default title for the user
• Show that group’s avatar flair by default
• Help identify the user’s main affiliation when they belong to multiple custom groups

[merefield (Robert)]

@DiscourseHelper

• Help identify the user’s main affiliation when they belong to multiple custom groups

Exactly why it is leveraged in this plugin, to provide a tailored homepage:

Discourse Category Home

Summary: Give users each a specific Homepage (“Home Category”) in your community. It allows you to have a single Discourse in which users have specific “home pages” (read: Category) as determined by their Primary Group. GitHub: Repository https://github.com/merefield/discourse-category-home Install: Follow the plugin installation guide. Enjoying this plugin? Please it on GitHub ! Features Using only the available interface elements of a normal Discourse…

[ice.d (discord ice)]

@DiscourseHelper

• Show that group’s avatar flair by default

That should be removed if anyone can just change their group flair anytime

[Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin)]

I think the key point here is “by default”, right?

[Lilly (Lillian)]

did you try searching Meta first? because the first result explains it pretty clearly:

@Discourse

Effects of setting a primary group

Setting a primary group for a user has several effects:

Setting a primary group for users

This guide explains the concept of “Primary Group” in Discourse, detailing what it does and how to set it up. Required user level: Administrator What is a primary group? A primary group is a custom group that can be assigned to a user as their main group affiliation. This assignment has several visual and functional implications within the Discourse platform. Setting a primary group To set a primary group for a user: Navigate to /admin/users Click on th…

you have a well-established history of posting without reading. Discourse, and especially Meta, are designed for reading. you would do well for yourself to do more searching and reading before posting.