17 votes

How do I filter out topics from subgroup?

Posted by unknown user (edited )
Tags: ask.help, groups.sub, filtering

Unless I'm missing something, it seems if I subscribe to parent group but not its subgroups, the topics from subgroups still show anyway. Back when they were just tags at least I can use filter but that doesn't work anymore. Is it just me or isn't that the opposite effect we'd expect from subgroups?

Edit: Everyone explained that it's a bug. I'll just need to be patient then.

3 comments

  1. Deimos
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    Yeah, this is the one that I mentioned in the ~tildes.official post (my description might have been hard to understand):

    Yeah, this is the one that I mentioned in the ~tildes.official post (my description might have been hard to understand):

    I know there are also some existing problems such as topics from sub-groups being shown inside the parent group even if you're unsubscribed from them, and I'm hoping to resolve that one this weekend.

    19 votes
  2. Deimos
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    This should be fixed now. When you're viewing a group that has subgroups, there will also be a link at the top of the list of topics that allows you to switch between including topics from only...
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    This should be fixed now. When you're viewing a group that has subgroups, there will also be a link at the top of the list of topics that allows you to switch between including topics from only subscribed subgroups (the default) and all subgroups. (This could still use some work, but it'll do the job for now)

    9 votes
  3. cfabbro
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    I mentioned this issue in the group suggestions topic: So it's a bit of a bug/unresolved issue. I imagine now that we have a ton of subgroups that issue will be made more of a priority though.

    I mentioned this issue in the group suggestions topic:

    I second that. However, I think one thing that needs to be addressed before we start going crazy with the subgroups is this Gitlab issue:
    Don't show content from unsubscibed subgroups in parent group page

    Since as it stands now, if someone is not subscribed to ~sports.hockey but they visit the ~sports group page, they would still see ~sports.hockey content there even though they likely don't want to. So each top-level group page with subgroups might need to be treated more like the front page in that regard.

    So it's a bit of a bug/unresolved issue. I imagine now that we have a ton of subgroups that issue will be made more of a priority though.

    9 votes