# Create and only view own posts option

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-and-only-view-own-posts-option/141236>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [February 11, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-and-only-view-own-posts-option/141236 "2020-02-11T00:11:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-and-only-view-own-posts-option/141236/6 "2020-02-11T09:42:54Z")

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I think this feature may be the dumbest contribution to classic 1999 forum software. It’s only requested by people who have Stockholm Syndrome having been exposed to it back in the day…

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