I came to this thread because I have a related use case that I’m trying to figure out: I want to be able to have a topic be visible to just a few people (and they are not members of my site).
Or, another way to think about it: I want to create a topic that is private, and invite select others to view it–but they don’t need to create accounts to do so.
Why? My case is similar to the “invite family members and friends who are reluctant” case. Except for me it’s not family members–it’s professional contacts that I want to show certain items, unique to them, in part as a way to encourage them to join the larger site.
Seems like this is not possible now? Perhaps there’s a workaround?
At the least, I wanted to add another voice to supporting this idea.