# 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")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-a-user-block-a-user-group/280614/2 "2023-09-30T14:50:41Z")

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I think the easiest way to achieve what I understand you need here is to create two categories - one that is accessible to publishers and one that is not (one could be a subcategory of the other if you still want to be able to list all topics together easily).

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