# "Create" Permission

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-permission/31679>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 3, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-permission/31679 "2015-08-03T02:59:32Z")\
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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:** [August 3, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-permission/31679/2 "2015-08-03T03:13:42Z")

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Why? I do not understand the purpose of this.

- Create a category and set permissions so only that user or group can see it

or

- Send a private message, then only the creator and the recipients can see it

Can you describe the use case with a couple specific real world examples?

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