# Change individual topics to default to reply in a new topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-individual-topics-to-default-to-reply-in-a-new-topic/206841>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 23, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-individual-topics-to-default-to-reply-in-a-new-topic/206841 "2021-10-23T01:10:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![eisprinzessin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eisprinzessin/32/234408_2.png) [@eisprinzessin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisprinzessin)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-individual-topics-to-default-to-reply-in-a-new-topic/206841/14 "2021-10-27T23:18:19Z")

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Making them a category moderator might put too much responsibility on them. Is there a way to create a custom user group, which enables members to reply in closed topics (on conditions like they or one of them started the topic or it has a certain tag)?

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