As the title says, only topic creators and staff should be able to see the topic. If there a way to achieve this? I can then use it for support issues that community members might face. Community members can see their own topics and staff can then respond to them and help resolve their grievances and queries privately. I would also then promote this on the sidebar or header bar as a prominent link so that its easily accessible and understood by the members.

[image] Private Topics Plugin Plugin information_source Summary Private Topics Enables private topics in a regular category hammer_and_wrench Repository Link GitHub - communiteq/discourse-private-topics · GitHub open_book Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse Features This plugin allows you to add an extra security setting to categories so that users can only access their own topics. You can also designate one or more groups that can see all topics in the category. This is typically used for…

With PM I have to tell users to create a PM and tag the staff members specifically, they will PM only one two moderators. New users may not know how to create PMs. If they do somehow land on the My Messages page, it is overwhelming and insanely cluttered. Almost like building PM feature was an after thought on discourse. PMs tend to get lost in the inbox, weeding out support issues will be cumbersome and add unnecessary friction. To give a great user support experience, I would want any user (new or old) to experience the support in the same way as it is expected at every other place through support tickets.

Is there a way to create topics so that only topic creator can see their topics?

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Jagster (Jakke Flemming) July 23, 2025, 8:06am 4

What’s wrong with PM? It works and looks just that.

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Is there a way to create topics so that only topic creator can see their topics?

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