# Can a user block a user group? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-a-user-block-a-user-group/280614 **Category:** Community Building **Created:** [September 30, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-a-user-block-a-user-group/280614 "2023-09-30T13:14:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 15
### Author: ![Heliosurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heliosurge/32/571810_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge) #### Post date: [October 1, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-a-user-block-a-user-group/280614/15 "2023-10-01T22:20:38Z")
> [@Jagster](#): > > That is quite solid way guarantee using wrong category. > > Again, I don’t know anything about coding and dev-like stuff, but I could imagine such selective banning is quite difficult to build up. > > But is something like using tag that clošes publishers out easier to achieve? Sure, then a writer can forget using such tag, but then there is only one category — kind of lesser evil. This #Customization > Theme component can work well to help keep ppl informed of say what category to use. And would work well with @JammyDodger recommendation. > [@Topic Template Placeholder Text theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-template-placeholder-text-theme-component/149053): > > Topic Template Placeholder Text theme component This theme component enables you to display Topic Templates as placeholders (watermarks) instead of as editable template text. This allows you to provide custom instructions as a placeholder for each topic. For example: This is the normal placeholder (watermark) text. NB You can already change this site-wide by changing the custom text Go to Admin \>\> Customise \>\> Text Then search for the text that you see there on the screen. A se… It allows you to replace the watermark in a category. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-a-user-block-a-user-group/280614)._