[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #8734: Introduce simple "Private Site" toggle

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#8734: Introduce simple "Private Site" toggle
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 Reporter:  dcavins           |       Owner:  dcavins
     Type:  feature request   |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  12.0.0
Component:  Core              |     Version:  10.4.0
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  has-patch commit  |
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Comment (by epgb101):

 Replying to [comment:62 dcavins]:
 > Replying to [comment:60 epgb101]:
 > > Hello.
 > > Do you still plan to add something like this to main BuddyPress plugin
 in near future:
 https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/8734/community-
 visibility-settings.png  - or are you opting for making either all member
 content private or all visible? Reading the posts but I'm not that
 technical. This granular ability would be a dream for me but I can see you
 have to weigh up core v plugin features. Thank you.
 >
 > Can you tell us how you would use the feature? Thanks!


 I think a general all-private/all-public toggle would be great for most
 sites needs - certainly for my BP membership sites mainly to; a) protect
 users from having their profile data/images picked up by web search etc b)
 deter spammers c) I don't have to worry about third-party private plugins
 conflicting, or not being updated.

 Re granular.. priority public areas for me would be Groups and Profiles
 (if poss at some point with  limited info showing - eg name/generalised
 location) as it seems in this day and age much of user's data/activity
 feeds should be private by default? I'm sure there are exceptions (like
 this forum where activity feed is not risky). Just my thoughts.

 I read comments that private/public feature should not be baked into BP -
 but as BP is a networking plugin used by all kinds of public and business
 (often sensitive) communities it does seem to me like it should be part of
 basic plugin. Apologies if showing ignorance to developers as I am really
 just a plugin user with limited plugin dev and coding knowledge.

 PS nice if a general private/public toggle worked on multisite :)

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