Advanced search: posts from members of a group

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The discussion revolves around adding a group filter to the advanced search feature in Discourse. JagWaugh suggests integrating a groups filter into the “Posted by” section, noting it wouldn’t require much UI space. cpradio clarifies that such a filter already exists via the group:<name> or group:<id> syntax, though it’s not prominently featured. Canapin highlights practical use cases, such as finding posts from staff members or business professionals, emphasizing the utility of filtering by group. Moin supports the idea, arguing that while group mentions work in posts, searching by group isn’t as intuitive as other search filters like categories, tags, or users, and thus a more accessible interface would be beneficial.

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The seen/unseen filter is great.

Would it be a great deal of work to include a groups filter? It wouldn’t need any UX real estate, it could just be a part of “Posted by”.

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it technically exists, just “power” setting. Using group:<name> or group:<id>

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I rarely ever use smilies, or the word “awesome”, but:

:open_mouth: Awesome!

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Questions à propos des groupes
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I guess this wouldn’t be useful enough to be integrated into the advanced search interface?

My recent use cases:

  1. I was looking for particular information from a Discourse staff member, but I couldn’t remember who. Filter messages from this group of users have helped.

  2. On my forum, I have a group in which I put business professionals. It can be useful to quickly have an overview of all their messages (as they write official information), regardless of any brand/manufacturer/seller in particular, etc without having to look at their individual message. Plus, they often work together, so the information is not always scattered between these different entities.

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I think have it available as an advanced search filter would be a great addition, because this is not as intuitive as other search filter.
I can mention a category in a post using #categoryname and search for a post in that category by adding #categoryname. I can mention a tag in a post using #tagname and search with #tagname.
I can mention a user in a post using @username and filter the search results with @username. Mentioning a group in a post works with @groupname but searching for it does not work with @groupname. There you have to use group:groupname.

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