# הבדל בין הודעות קבוצתיות לקטגוריה פרטית?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-group-messaging-and-private-category/203771>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [16 בספטמבר,‏ 2021,‏ 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-group-messaging-and-private-category/203771 "2021-09-16T21:01:05Z")\
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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:** [13 בפברואר,‏ 2022,‏ 3:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-group-messaging-and-private-category/203771/5 "2022-02-13T03:00:42Z")

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The main difference is that PMs allow per-topic “permissions”, and categories have permissions that apply globally to all topics.

PMs are the _only_ place in Discourse where you get per-topic “permissions” regarding who gets to see the topic – by adding people to and removing people from the PM.

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