About-page shows mods and admins only for admin-user

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winterk0rn reports a potential bug where the “About” page only displays the list of admins and moderators when the user is logged in as an administrator. When visiting the page as an anonymous user or a basic user, this section is missing. The user questions whether this behavior is intended, noting that the default welcome message for new users explicitly links to the about page to introduce “our friendly team.” This suggests the team information should be visible to all visitors. After confirming that a recent Discourse update did not resolve the issue, the user seeks an explanation for this discrepancy in visibility.

NateDhaliwal responds by directing the user to check the about_page_hidden_groups site setting. This configuration allows site administrators to specify which user groups are excluded from viewing certain parts of the about page. If the admins group (or potentially others) is inadvertently listed in this setting, it could restrict the visibility of the team information. Nate also provides a link to a meta.discourse.org guide on “Understanding and customizing the about page” for further reference on how to properly configure these visibility settings. The consensus is that the issue is likely a configuration error rather than a code bug, resolvable by adjusting the hidden groups setting.

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hi, I don’t think that it was like that all the time, maybe it changed just recently?

so, if I’m not logged in or if I use a second, basic user account, our about page doesn’t show the admins and mods! I thought, that maybe thats was all the time, but I think no, because I checked at /admin/customize/site_texts the following text discourse_narrative_bot.new_user_narrative.hello.message :

Thank you for participating in %{title} and welcome!

- I'm just a robot, but [our friendly team](%{base_uri}/about) is also here and can help if you need to reach a human.

- For safety reasons, we temporarily limit what new users can do. You'll earn [new abilities](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/) and [badges](%{base_uri}/badges) as we get to know you better.

- We believe in [civilized community behavior](%{base_uri}/guidelines) at all times.

(I translated it back from my primary language back to english, so maybe not 1:1 excatly like it is in english.)

and there you can see: “but [our friendly team](%{base_uri}/about)” so this means, that the about page is meant to show the admins/mods, right? and if I open our about page, everything is there- but not the admins/mods page. only if Im logged in as admin I see it…

I just updated discourse to the current version, with launcher rebuild app, but the “issue” still exists. anyone who has an idea what’s going on here?

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Hi there, check the about_page_hidden_groups site setting. Is admins in the setting?

Also see:

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