- Cobravert
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Posted by: FALSE R3ALITYx
And Cobravert is absolutely correct.
Posted by: Der Todesengel
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and Cobra."
- Der
Posted by: dazarobbo
Posted by: Cobravert
1) What are you trying to hide on a PUBLIC website?I don't think that's an appropriate question when I could just as easily ask any group administrator that's set their group to private the same question.
Regardless, I'll give you a possible example. Let's say I run a group which has an administrate component to it - a separate group for moderators and administrators of the "main" group. However, I do not want the members of the main group to know who the moderators are or those people who are potential stakeholders in the main group. I also do not want to be bothered by requests to join the group.
Posted by: Cobravert
2) Because it could be against the CoC that YOU are here to uphold.That's not the point I was making; forget the rules for a second. I'm talking about people making objectionable content (the kind you're referring to) but nobody seeing it and therefore nobody is offended by it.
There are sure to be groups which already exist that contain offensive content. Are you offended by that content? No, because you can't see it. The same can be applied to censored posts by blacklisted users.
Posted by: BREQ
What reason(s) do you have for wanting this facility?None.
The 2 best run private groups I am in already have their own separate private group that no one has access to, and no one really even knows the name of. If anyone did hit the 'join' button it wouldn't matter anyhow, they aren't getting in, so it's not a real issue even if they could find it.
Not seeing it, making it and it exists anyhow does not negate it being against the CoC if the name is offensive. You may not use an offensive name, but other multitudes would if given the option, and I think you know it.
Fwiw, I think it's not really that easy to find a group now that is public. I have used the group finder before, and without having an exact version of the name, you can't find anything.