Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for implementing communication barriers in a group-based communication system

A computer-implemented method for implementing at least one communication barrier in a group-based communication platform, comprising:

• receiving a first group correlation between a first user identifier and a first group identifier, wherein the first user identifier is associated with a first workspace identifier and a first group-based communication channel, wherein the first group-based communication channel is associated with the first workspace identifier and a second workspace identifier;
• receiving a second group correlation between a second user identifier and a second group identifier, wherein the second user identifier is associated with the second workspace identifier and the first group-based communication channel;
• retrieving a communication separation settings set associated with the first group identifier and the second group identifier, wherein the communication separation settings set indicates the at least one communication barrier between the first group identifier and the second group identifier;
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• causing rendering, on a group-based communication interface, a first electronic indication associated with the first group-based communication channel based at least in part on the at least one communication barrier.

A computer program product for implementing at least one communication barrier in a group-based communication platform, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising an executable portion configured to:

• receive a first group correlation between a first user identifier and a first group identifier, wherein the first user identifier is associated with a first workspace identifier and a first group-based communication channel, wherein the first group-based communication channel is associated with the first workspace identifier and a second workspace identifier;
• receive a second group correlation between a second user identifier and a second group identifier, wherein the second user identifier is associated with the second workspace identifier and the first group-based communication channel;
• retrieve a communication separation settings set associated with the first group identifier and the second group identifier, wherein the communication separation settings set indicates the at least one communication barrier between the first group identifier and the second group identifier;
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• cause rendering, on a group-based communication interface, a first electronic indication associated with the first group-based communication channel based at least in part on the at least one communication barrier.