my Discourse version: 2026.5.0-latest ( 601e66da60 ) I was testing some group visibility behaviour on the /about page and wanted to check whether the current behaviour is intentional, or whether I may be misunderstanding the purpose of about page hidden groups. Scenario I had: about page hidden g…

[image] Ethsim2: about page hidden groups = admins, friends, Mods about page extra groups = Mods Why bother putting the same group to be hidden AND to be shown on purpose? IIRC the former setting hides the ‘Our Admins’ / ‘Our Moderators’ section, while the latter adds more groups below. From…

[image] NateDhaliwal: Why bother putting the same group to be hidden AND to be shown on purpose? that was a demonstration, the same behaviour was observed on the non-admin account, regardless of whether Mods is also in about page hidden groups [image] NateDhaliwal: IIRC the former settin…

[image] Ethsim2: I’m proposing change here, where any user in a group in about page hidden groups cannot be shown as a member of a group on the /about page as being in any of the about page extra groups I think this behaviour may be better controlled by a boolean site setting, perhaps somethi…

[image] Ethsim2: Who can see this group? and Who can see this group’s members? both being set to Group owners, moderators, and members IIRC this applies to the Groups page and not the About page.

[image] NateDhaliwal: [image] Ethsim2: Who can see this group? and Who can see this group’s members? both being set to Group owners, moderators, and members IIRC this applies to the Groups page and not the About page. In my testing, a combination of these Group Interaction settings can…

Clarification sur les groupes cachés de la page À propos et les groupes visibles qui se chevauchent

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Ethsim2 (Ethan ) Mai 17, 2026, 7:04 6

Dans mes tests, une combinaison de ces paramètres d’interaction du groupe peut avoir la priorité sur la page /about, car elle peut masquer des groupes sur la page /about même pour un utilisateur administrateur.

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Clarification sur les groupes cachés de la page À propos et les groupes visibles qui se chevauchent

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