Private threads in Social Groups

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Is there any way we could have "private threads" tied to social groups? We have the private messages within a group, but it's not the same thing.

 

It would be really great if on the main forum page, there was a primary topic called "Social Groups" and a forum in there for each group you are subscribed to - and if you are not a member of any the section just doesn't display. That way you can see new posts right there, instead of going through the back alleys of your profile to check your "group" out for updates.

 

 

One thing I think could really help is it would immediately alleviate the stress in "General Discussion" when say, someone wants to discuss religion from a historical or psychological perspective with a pretense that God does not exist. Instead of starting the discussion there and immediately getting into a defense of that pretense, if they are a member of the "Atheists Group" they can just post in there.

 

We could also try out a separate group for "Philosophy" and if people don't play nice they get kicked from the group - far less severe than a general ban. Since they are private groups the posts wouldn't appear on the main page or to the general user base or public, so there should be no concern about causing unintended sparks. Of course, there are a lot of reasons why the old forum was removed so if the staff don't want anything resembling it I can respect that.

 

 

 

If people like this idea, I would like to offer to help by writing the coding. A huge part of my professional work is modifying existing website software for clients so I am sure it would be well within my skill range.