Create private topic

[reza_safaei]

I want to have a thread where only the thread admin can invite users to that thread and I don’t want it to be a private chat. Because I want the forum administrator to see that topic and even the forum administrator to invite someone to that topic

[ondrej]

Hey

By thread I assume that you mean topic? A private topic is really a personal message.

@reza_safaei

I don’t want it to be a private chat. Because I want the forum administrator to see that topic

Admins can see everything on a site even personal messages so they could add people to the PM if that is what you need?

I would suggest that you create a group which can communicate via group messaging in addition, the admin can see this group and can add people accordingly.

Creating groups in Discourse

This guide explains how to create groups in your Discourse community. Required user level: Administrator (or Moderator when moderators_manage_groups is enabled) Groups in Discourse allow you to organize users and manage permissions. This guide will walk you through the process of creating a new group on your Discourse site. Access the groups page There are two ways to access the groups page: Find the “Groups” link in the left sidebar. The link is always …

Or alternatively, create a private category using group permissions

Create a private category with limited access for a certain group

This video explains how you can use group permissions to create private categories (or private “forums”). For a general overview of these features, see: Understanding groups and category permissions [How to create a group and add permissions to a category] Transcript

[reza_safaei]

@ondrej

Or alternatively, create a private category using group permissions

My goal is to create an educational topic that I never want to take down. There may be 200,000 educational topics.

[codergautam (gautam)]

Maybe you should make a private category?