Thank you for all the answers everyone. The problem with some disagreements is because different people see different things in the channel concept.
Some people see public forums in a channel. Some people see membership groups in a channel. Public forums and membership groups are completely different creatures and serve different purposes. Instead of picking one side, the goal is to provide a flexible platform that will let anyone build their own experience.
But most importantly, regardless of which privacy settings are added, channels should never betray the original expectation of the subscribers. I wrote a bit more about this here: <a href='https://powping.com/posts/63ae283daa348d75be06ad2438c6ade21deef3a843225777082cec89a3e15335'>https://powping.com/posts/63ae283daa348d75be06ad2438c6ade21deef3a843225777082cec89a3e15335</a>
Thank you for all the answers everyone. The problem with some disagreements is because different people see different things in the channel concept.
Some people see public forums in a channel. Some people see membership groups in a channel. Public forums and membership groups are completely different creatures and serve different purposes. Instead of picking one side, the goal is to provide a flexible platform that will let anyone build their own experience.
But most importantly, regardless of which privacy settings are added, channels should never betray the original expectation of the subscribers. I wrote a bit more about this here: <a href='https://powping.com/posts/63ae283daa348d75be06ad2438c6ade21deef3a843225777082cec89a3e15335'>https://powping.com/posts/63ae283daa348d75be06ad2438c6ade21deef3a843225777082cec89a3e15335</a>