# Allow OP to make private message public
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-op-to-make-private-message-public/183434
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 16, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-op-to-make-private-message-public/183434 "2021-03-16T16:17:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@golfman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/golfman)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-op-to-make-private-message-public/183434/1 "2021-03-16T16:17:54Z")
Hey everyone, I am wondering it’s possible for members of a group to take a private message and publish it to a certain category on the public board.
Example: A group gets a message with a question. The question gets solved and they want to post the correspondence on a public board so that all users can see… etc.
Is it possible for a group member to do this WITHOUT being a moderator?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-op-to-make-private-message-public/183434/2 "2021-03-16T17:14:37Z")
> [@golfman](#):
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> Is it possible for a group member to do this WITHOUT being a moderator?
No, they will need to flag the message to staff asking for it to become public.
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### Author:  [@golfman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/golfman)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-op-to-make-private-message-public/183434/3 "2021-03-16T20:50:52Z")
Okay I see. Thanks for your response. As an alternative, do you know of any way to restrict what moderators can see on the backend? I would like them to be able to perform most functions of moderators, but NOT be able to see the forum analytics, edit user info, etc. (sort of a hybrid between TL4 and a moderator).
Is this possible?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-op-to-make-private-message-public/183434/4 "2021-03-16T20:53:56Z")
No, there is no way to customize permissions. The closest to that would be a [Category Moderator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-improvements/158628).