Hello, I have installed recenlty discourse and im not finding a way how to disable reply option by default with any kind of option, i want users to create topic only, but not to reply on it. Please help me out

Understanding groups and category permissions (security settings)

I have check this point, but when you remove Reply option, it auto removes Create option too.

Interesting forum you have or are you using the Discourse platform for a different purpose than discussion? Are you asking for every user having the right to Create topics but no-one can comment on them? Is it not enough just give the rights to Create Topics to a limited set of users (who have the discipline not to reply) and everyone else just has read access? btw, good to use search, this was already asked here: [image] Allow anonymous mode user (or any user!) to create but not reply to topics Support On my forum I can see the benefit of allowing users to ask questions anonymously, but on balance don’t see any overall benefit from allowing anonymous replies. I’ve created an “Anon” group which is automatically populated with users with the anon.forum.com fake email address. But when editing a category’s settings, if I tick “create” for that group then “reply” is automatically ticked too. Is it possible to allow topic creation but forbid replies? Thanks. For context to this request, please se…

[image] Alergic Alb: when you remove Reply option, it auto removes Create option too. Sorry, I misunderstood your use case. What is your use case? You could hide the reply button with CSS, I imagine.

posting this for reference if anyone else wants more info on the plugin: [image] Discourse Restricted Replies Plugin discourse2 Summary Discourse Restricted Replies adds a per-category setting allowing staff to restrict replies on topics to the topic creator and members of specific groups. hammer_and_wrench Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-restricted-replies open_book Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse Features This plugin adds a per-category setting allowing staff to restrict replies to the OP, and members of specific groups. This is a bolt-on t…

Disable reply option on every new topic users create

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Alergic_Alb (Alergic Alb) July 18, 2023, 12:58pm 6

I fixed issue with this plugin.
Thanks for help anyway

https://github.com/discourse/discourse-restricted-replies

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Disable reply option on every new topic users create

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