Discussion-level privacy
We’ve recently made some changes to how group privacy works on Loomio.
You can now configure your groups to be public, private, or hidden:
- Public - discussions are public. Anyone can see the group name, description, and membership. Anyone can ask to join.
- Private - discussions are only visible to members. Anyone can see the group name, description, and membership. Anyone can ask to join.
- Hidden - only members can see the group and its discussions. People have to be invited to join.
You shouldn’t need to do anything, we just wanted to give you a heads up about the new settings :)
Let us know if you have any questions!
Feel free to email [email protected] if you have privacy concerns that you don't want to discuss in public :)
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Alanna Irving Thu 21 Nov 2013 5:55AM
Will this option be adjustable as time goes on, such as if a thread starts private but then you want it to be public or vice versa, or is it a set it once and you're stuck with it type decision?
Richard D. Bartlett Thu 21 Nov 2013 8:10AM
Yep we're thinking discussion authors and group coordinators can change the discussion privacy at any time.
Richard D. Bartlett Thu 21 Nov 2013 7:35PM
@mjkaplan suggested 'Confidential' might be a better word than 'Secret', due to some negative connotations with that word. What do you think @jonlemmon?
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Joshua Vial Fri 22 Nov 2013 12:52AM
+1 to Confidential
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PauKokura Fri 22 Nov 2013 9:24AM
+1 Confidential
Chris Taklis Fri 22 Nov 2013 9:59AM
+1 Confidential
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Marcos Siqueira Fri 22 Nov 2013 4:45PM
Sorry if newbie question again, but isn't it interesting that you guys are using +1 in the discussion instead of creating a proposal and voting?
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Jon Lemmon Sun 24 Nov 2013 9:48PM
I'm not so sure about 'Confidential'. I think it could be a slightly confusing term. I think I'd like to stick with 'Secret' for now unless people have serious concerns. We can always change it later.
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Jon Lemmon Sun 24 Nov 2013 9:51PM
@marcossiqueira sometimes proposals are too heavy-weight for certain discussions/decisions. For this reason, we plan on implementing an "ideas" feature in the future.
Chris Taklis · Thu 21 Nov 2013 5:28AM
That's what I was waiting... Thanks