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Showing hidden view of private groups in 'groups' tab
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Angus Rogers |
An old ticket that will be relevant if we implement private-visible groups. We will need locked boxes on the groups tab of a cluster (and in the discover feed) that contains cover image and title.
We now show the number of groups in a cluster in the preview cluster boxes on the Discover page. If a cluster has 5 groups: 3 public and 2 private, the preview count says 5 but then it's weird for a user if they click onto that cluster, click on the Groups tab and only see 3 groups - they think it's a bug. Could we should the 3 public groups and then have 2 blank square with a lock on it to represent the other two private groups?
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Aleksandra Boguslawska
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Angus Rogers
Thanks for input here. I think this needs more thought before pushing into this sprint so I'll change the label to under review and remove it from the notion.
Aleksandra Boguslawska
Yeah it makes sense to show that there are some private groups but I'd delete all info about them like the name and the cover photo + show a lock. Not sure how complex this is on dev side though. Here's the design:
www.figma.com/file/hfFa1plyMeLg9jX5FeSU2z/Community-Lab-2.0?node-id=3475%3A64321
Milosz Falinski
Hmm, I'd like to do this without any design changes as it's such a edge thing. The simplest solution is to add a tooltip when you hover over the count of groups that says '3 public, 2 private groups'.
Alternatives are also riddled with trade-offs:
1. We could show the number of public groups only, but then that won't be accurate for people that are also in the private groups. I can be a member of 3 public and 2 private groups, but the count will only say '3'
2. Show number of public groups + private groups you're a member of. This is the most accurate for users, but will need extra development time and need to run a query that cross references total # of groups with the groups you're a member of - unclear if we need to do that for this small edge feature.
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Angus Rogers
I imagine there are lots of implications associated with adding individual preview boxes for private groups and it's probably not a priority atm. Perhaps some way of signalling that there are "+ 5 private groups" or something like that? Lumi, what do you think?
Angus Rogers
If we were to include a preview of the private group name and the group cover photo, we need to be mindful of privacy - can users find this group by typing in the URL or do they need the specific invite link?
Note that we already show private groups in the Groups tab IF the user is already a member of those private groups.
Angus Rogers
I've just checked and it doesn't look like showing a preview of private group names/cover photos will be a problem as a non-member is unable to search for the private group using the default url - they need the unique invite link which effectively acts as a secret password.
Angus Rogers
Note that on 19/05/22, Chris and Daniel deployed a temporary solution to this count issue by running a query that counts the number of public groups in a cluster + the number of private groups that the user is a member of. This means that different users will see a different count for the number of groups in a cluster, depending on which private groups they are members of. I don't think this is the right long-term solution as we want consistency and transparency but it works for now. As mentioned above, the next step will be to look at private group previews in the group tab and then showing the total number of groups in the count (regardless of whether a user is part of the private groups or not).
Angus Rogers
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