Hidden group memberships visible on user profiles

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I noticed that groups where I’m not allowed to see the members still appear on the user profile.

For example, as long as you don’t join @new-new-testers, you cannot see the members of that group:

The image shows a group or channel named "Group of users testing the new-new functionality" with a tab displaying the number of members (46), but the user viewing this is not allowed to see the list of members. (Captioned by AI)
The image shows a group or channel named "Group of users testing the new-new functionality" with a tab displaying the number of members (46), but the user viewing this is not allowed to see the list of members. (Captioned by AI)1095×317 9.22 KB

But when you look at a user profile of a member, you can still see that they are a member of the group:

The image shows a profile picture, accompanied by a name "Isaac Janzen", and some details about the user's activity, trust level and group membership. (Captioned by AI)
The image shows a profile picture, accompanied by a name "Isaac Janzen", and some details about the user's activity, trust level and group membership. (Captioned by AI)947×218 43.9 KB

However, when you click the 3 dots to see all group memberships, it is hidden.

The image shows a listing for a group called "Discourse Team" with 102 members. (Captioned by AI)
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This also affects groups where you are not allowed to see the members even if you are a member yourself.

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Hello, @Moin! :blob_wave:

Thanks for reporting this. We initially treated this as a bug, but it seems that this quirk is documented when setting up a group:

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If the group itself is set to not be visible, it will not show up in the flair of its members.

I’m bringing this question back to the product team to see if we want to improve this somehow, as it is currently not possible to have a visible group with hidden members without leaking the membership through flair.

Will reply here when we have an update. :pray:

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I had understood it to mean the group-flair. So, for example, if the members of the team group were not public, I could still see the flair.
For me, this is different from the list in the profile. Or is that also a “flair”?

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I think you are right in that this might not officially be considered “flair”. :thinking: The option we are discussing now is adding an additional checkbox for deciding whether the membership should show on users’ profiles or not, but even if we don’t we should clarify this notice in the UI. :+1:

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Depending on how you decide, it would make sense to change the view that you get when you click on ‘…’. Then, groups whose members you are not allowed to see will not be displayed.
It’s confusing that “new-new” does not appear then.

What is the idea of hiding the members if you can still find out in their profiles?

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I’m back to thinking this is just a straight up bug. Will start looking into it tomorrow. :slightly_smiling_face:

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@Moin Found the exact point when this regression happened. Working on a fix now. :pray:

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Thanks for fixing!

As long as I am not a member of @new-new-testers:

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:heavy_check_mark: group not shown

After joining @new-new-testers, so I am allowed to see the members of the group:

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:heavy_check_mark: group shown

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I think it is working correctly:

The image shows a screenshot of a website with a question about who can see a group and a dropdown menu with the answer 'Everyone', accompanied by a red arrow pointing to the question. (Captioned by AI)
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I didn’t want to express anything else. It was just a test to see if the group is actually still displayed when it should be. It could also have disappeared because the user is no longer a member.

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Thanks for the confirmation, @Moin! Let me know should you stumble on any more edge cases. :pray:

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