# Everyone permissions + "See" permissions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-permissions-see-permissions/101613>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 8, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-permissions-see-permissions/101613 "2018-11-08T15:55:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-permissions-see-permissions/101613/4 "2018-11-08T16:56:11Z")

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Discourse denies by default, with explicit permissions to see, reply and create. You can achieve pretty much any outcome if users are grouped by role or purpose.

Rather than talking about silencing users, tell us what differentiates the two groups:

- How are they arriving on your system?
- How are they identified?
- Do you use SSO or any form of idm?

If you’re able to identify this group to silence, is it any less practical to have a ‘see’ by default and instead identify and group the users you want to create and respond?

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