# More nuanced group visibility (based on group membership)
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-nuanced-group-visibility-based-on-group-membership/77129
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [1월 2, 2018, 6:47오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-nuanced-group-visibility-based-on-group-membership/77129 "2018-01-02T18:47:34Z")
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### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [1월 2, 2018, 6:47오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-nuanced-group-visibility-based-on-group-membership/77129/1 "2018-01-02T18:47:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Hidden Group Membership](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-group-membership/62884/27):
How about more than the current four visibility levels? Probably the most frequent use case for this would be to allow group members to apply for membership in sub-groups without having to make those sub-groups public. So let’s say you have a group for all members in an association, then those members (and only those) should be able to see various thematic working groups or what have you, either as a matter of transparency or in order to make it possible for them to join those group. Likewise, those in the board group would be able to see various sub-committee groups etc.
If I’m not mistaken, currently the only way to allow users to apply for membership in a group is to make the group public.
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### Author:  [@Carla\_B](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carla_B)
#### Post date: [1월 2, 2018, 9:22오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-nuanced-group-visibility-based-on-group-membership/77129/2 "2018-01-02T21:22:46Z")
> [@tophee](#):
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> Membership:
> How about more than the current four visibility levels? Probably the most frequent use case for this would be to allow group members to apply for membership in sub-groups without having to make those sub-groups public. So let’s say you have a group for all members in an association, then those members (and only those) should be able to see various thematic working groups or what have you, either as a matter of transparency or in order to make it possible for them to join those group. Likewise, those in the board group would be able to see various sub-committee groups etc. If I’m not mistaken, currently the only way to allow users to apply for membership in a group is to make the group public.
I like where you seem to be heading with this as the group I am dealing with may wish to have multiple groups inside, some of them private.