Add 'custom access list' to 'allow search by'

[denny]

Title:
Add 'custom access list' to 'allow search by'

Area:
Journal search

Summary:
It might be useful to add an option for 'custom access list' to the options of 'everybody/access/owner' for who can use your journal search.

Description:
I can imagine that there would be cases where people would like to give access to their search to a sub-set of the people on their access list. In this case, the ability to define a custom access list for the purpose would be useful.

Perhaps if people defined an access list called 'journal search' it could automagically become available as an option on the menu where you select the search permissions? Or if they select the 'custom list' option then the access list would be automatically created for them to populate?

Poll #1465 Add 'custom access list' to 'allow search by'

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 24

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Should be implemented as-is.
9 (37.5%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
10 (41.7%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
1 (4.2%)

(I have no opinion)
4 (16.7%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[kyrielle]

The ability to allow it to a custom group (or groups, if preferred), similar to post security would be great. But please, no more Magic Named Groups if it can be avoided. That way lies confusion and something that has to be documented, plus then you have to do part of your maintenance in the friends groups area for the journal search setting - which is IMO just bizarre UI.

[denny]

You'd probably have to do the group maintenance in the group maintenance area either way, but I'm in agreement with you and the thread below that not using a magic group name would be better.

[cheyinka]

I think, like with filters at the time of posting, you'd have to pick an existing access filter. It would make more sense to keep it that way (+ having a link to the access filter making page) than to have a 'journal search' access list - that way you could lock journal searching to your existing "not family" or "not work" or "fanfiction readers" group, and then if you met someone else who wasn't a family member or didn't work with you or wanted to read your locked fiction, you'd be adding them to journal search capabilities when you added them to the other filters.

[turlough]

+1

[lassarina]

This.

[instantramen]

+1

[kerravonsen]

+1

[cesy]

+1

[denny]

WFM.