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Hi Thomas,

You're correct in your suspicions.? Only group owners and/or moderators can issue such an invitation.? If someone applies through the parent group, then moderators get an approval needed notice (if that's how the group is set up.)? If someone (owner/moderator) issues an invitation, the moderators *still* get a notification, but only that "so and so has joined your group," which can be disconcerting when you know you have the settings such that approval from a group moderator is needed.? The notification is perfectly valid, and all is as it should be, except that it takes some poking around in "Admin" to find that an invitation was issued, so the "normal" approval process was bypassed.

At least I'm learning more about how things work behind the curtain...? ;-)

Karl

This act appears to aimed squarely at the likes of facebook, X, youtube, dating sites etc, rather than groups such as ours

As the government couldn't run an alcoholic beverage get together in a brewery I suspect its like a lot of other legislation, mostly hot air which looks good on paper but doesn't do much

As if the likes of facebook etc are going to take any notice of it

Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

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I get a notification when someone requests to join, and I got a notification that this individual HAD joined, but never saw the approval notification.? Turns out someone in "upper management" issued a direct invite, which bypasses the request approval setting.? Found the source, so mystery solved.? The help is appreciated!

Karl

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Hi Folks,

I moderate a group which I don't own, and have the account set up so anyone wanting to join requires approval, which comes through me and at least one other person.

I recently received notification that 'so and so' has joined your group... but I never received an approval request prior to his joining.? I've checked with the others who also have admin privileges in this group, and they didn't get a join request notification either.

Looked a little more closely and found this:



I'm guessing *someone* issued a direct invitation to join the group.? I have a couple of questions:? first, why aren't group moderators pulled "into the loop" when a someone issues a direct invite, or when the invitee accepts that invitation and becomes a member?? Second, why is the person who issued the invitation not indicated?? I'm in a situation where I'm charged with keeping on top of things with this group, and I find myself with no idea of how this person obtained admission to the group.

I've checked all the settings for this group (the ones that are available to me, at least), and didn't see anything pertaining to permissions to directly invite someone to join the group, or notifying group moderators of this fact.? I DO see that only group owners and/or moderators can issue join invitations, so at least I don't have to worry that group members can be issuing invitations to anyone and bypassing group moderators altogether.

My concern here is not that *I* have been somehow bypassed, it's that such a bypass can happen at all; it's definitely created concern that someone may have found a back door into this group at least, and maybe others.? Wondering if this is someone exploiting an unnoticed vulnerability or loophole.

Any thoughts / clarifications greatly appreciated!

Karl

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