For forums used in gaming, the member list is a vulnerability and the members of a group is even a bigger problem. Both of those already have the option to disable. But badges are wide open and present a problem for gaming communities. There is option to disable badges, but the feature is great for social community building and important.
I request the following improvements to badges.
Add option per badge to disable the badge user lists that shows all the user with a badge.
– a cool improvement to this would be able to select groups that can view it.
Add option per badge to only display the badge on the user’s profile when that user, a moderator or an admin is viewing it.
The problem is that there is a page that anyone can see which users have a specific badge.
In gaming communities user lists are used with malicious intent. Moreover some badges reveal who the key member’s are. If badges are used as a reward for good service, that will be publicly exposed as well. Badges themselves are open ended and powerful for rewarding people.
Because they are awesome when building a community. It is a great way for people to get rewarded for the achievements on and off the forum. I am asking for this option because the badges are a great feature.
I saw this, but it always grey out and checked. That would be great if that hides the page from all users guest and logged in, since forum users is not the same as guild members.
Yeah, that is why I am requesting the feature. Badges add so much personality to Discourse and I believe they are very important. I just need to block those list pages.
Good point, but it is the exact same logical reason we can hide member list now. If members do not post on public areas then they can only be found in the lists.
If I might add some light here. In certain gaming communities keeping your roster a secret is very important. This is both to hide you own size and strength as well as protect double agents. Hiding the users page is a great help in protecting the guild. That all make sense so far?
The badges are awesome for adding achievements as well as personal character to members. the issue now though is with the links to all members with that badge enabled we have just gone back to revealing our member lsists and thus our guild security will be compromised.
So my point is I appreciate I can hide the user page now, but please allow us the ability to hide our users thru other pages on the site such as the badges.
The use case is clear enough, but it’s very edge case. Your best bet is finding a 3rd party developer to make a dedicated plugin for these unique use cases.
