Methods, Apparatuses and Computer Program Products for Implementing Communication Barriers in a Group-Based Communication System

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• storing a privacy setting associated with a communication privilege for communicating with a user of a group-based communication system, wherein the privacy setting permits the user to transmit communications via the group-based communication and restricts another user of the group-based communication system from communicating with the user;
• and
• denying a communication privilege of the other user based at least in part on the privacy setting, wherein denying the communication privilege prohibits the other user from at least one of initiating a message associated with a user identifier of the user or transmitting the message to a client device associated with the user identifier.

One or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• storing a privacy setting associated with a communication privilege for communicating with a user of a group-based communication system;
• receiving a message associated with a user identifier of the user;
• determining whether the message complies with the privacy setting;
• and
• based at least in part on a determination that the message does not comply with the privacy setting, denying the communication privilege associated with the message.