# Feature allowing a Private Category to be seen, but topics remain hidden

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-allowing-a-private-category-to-be-seen-but-topics-remain-hidden/21429>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [22 Octubre, 2014 18:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-allowing-a-private-category-to-be-seen-but-topics-remain-hidden/21429 "2014-10-22T18:34:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![kpfleming](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kpfleming/32/116414_2.png) [@kpfleming](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kpfleming)\
**Post date:** [22 Octubre, 2014 18:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-allowing-a-private-category-to-be-seen-but-topics-remain-hidden/21429/4 "2014-10-22T18:41:22Z")

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I can’t find it quickly, but there was recently a thread about this very sort of thing, in the context of a category for which users had to pay to get access, so making the category visible was ‘advertising’.

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