# Add users to topic in private category

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-users-to-topic-in-private-category/25593>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [24. Februar 2015 um 01:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-users-to-topic-in-private-category/25593 "2015-02-24T01:20:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [24. Februar 2015 um 03:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-users-to-topic-in-private-category/25593/10 "2015-02-24T03:14:37Z")

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I do not think what is being asked for makes sense, it sounds like topic level permissions overriding category permissions and that feels like a bag of pain and suffering to me.

It is weird to have a “private” category and then have people randomly override that for certain topics on an ad hoc basis. This just feels like a fundamentally flawed approach to me.

I suggest brainstorming other approaches to reach this goal

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