Group access revolution

[davidmz]

Added

• Users can now write posts to public and protected groups that they are not members of.
• Group administrators can now block certain users from write to the group. This feature includes:
  • New API methods for group administrators:
  • GET /v2/groups/:groupName/blockedUsers
  • POST /v2/groups/:groupName/block/:userName
  • POST /v2/groups/:groupName/unblock/:userName
  • New event types, 'blocked_in_group' and 'unblocked_in_group', which are sent to the (un)blocked user and to the all of group admins.
  • When some user is blocked/unblocked in a group, the 'global:user:update' realtime event about the group is sent. This event contain general group info, including the new acceptsPosts field (see below), so the listening user can determine, if he can or cannot post to the group.

• Any serialized group data (not user data) in API responses now have additional boolean acceptsPosts field. This field is true_ if the current user can create posts in this group.

  This field takes into account all factors, including the user blocking described above. It will make it easier for the client to determine if it is possible to post to the group.

Changed

• Notifications: hide the initiator of some events from the event target user. It is useful, for example, to protect the anonymity of group admins. The affected event types are: 'comment_moderated', 'post_moderated', 'blocked_in_group', 'unblocked_in_group'.

[n1313]

I wonder if there are weird side-effects possible if a user that is blocked from posting to a public group subscribes to it and gets promoted to admin. Will they be able to remove the restriction from themselves? Will this interfere with any other mod functions?

[davidmz]

Yes, he can unblock himself by being an admin. I don't think a blocked admin is a meaningful case.

[davidmz]

Made some updates.

Any serialized group data (not user data) in API responses now have additional boolean acceptsPosts field. This field is true_ if the current user can create posts in this group.