Private Forums Suggestion

Hi InvisionPower Team..

It would be nice if the "Follow this forum" button is not shown at all for regular members when they cannot view topics other members have posted in a private forum. The button is currently only hidden for guests and has absolutely no function for regular members.

It would also be nice if user groups could be selected that have permission to view topics others have posted in a private forum. Currently only admins and moderators are able to view all topics.

Example: admin/applications/forums/modules_public/forums/forums.php:

           if( ! $this->memberData['g_other_topics'] or $topicfilter == 'istarted' OR ( ! $this->forum['can_view_others'] AND ! $this->memberData['is_mod'] AND !in_array($this->memberData['member_group_id'], $this->forum['can_view_others_groups']) ) )
                {
                    $add_query_array[] = "t.starter_id='".$this->memberData['member_id']."'";
                }