Category setting: unhide topic from latest when there is a reply

[erlend_sh (Erlend Sogge Heggen)]

Prior discussions:

Embedding, but don't automatically create a topic until a user chooses to comment

I see your predicament. But instead of the potentially messy solutions discussed so far, what if the topics are indeed created normally, but until they have a reply, they are unlisted, i.e. not visible in the forum stream and only accessible via a direct link. Would that be an acceptable compromise? In other words, the basic spec request becomes something like this: Option to set topics generated for embedded comments as unlisted by default. Special flag that can be put on selected unlisted …

Unlisted option on creation of a new topic

Is there a way to specify that a topic should be unlisted on creation? Otherwise, if somebody subscribes to a category, they get a notification, even if I quickly unlist a topic after creation. If not, what’s a workaround? Create a topic in Staff, make it unlisted, then move it to the target category?