# More nuanced group visibility (based on group membership) **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [January 2, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-nuanced-group-visibility-based-on-group-membership/77129 "2018-01-02T18:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 6:47pm 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-nuanced-group-visibility-based-on-group-membership/77129)._