# Hide replies from trust levels
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-replies-from-trust-levels/66034
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [12 Luglio 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-replies-from-trust-levels/66034 "2017-07-12T06:24:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@admhpkns](https://meta.discourse.org/u/admhpkns)
#### Post date: [12 Luglio 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-replies-from-trust-levels/66034/1 "2017-07-12T06:24:53Z")
Does anyone know of a solution out there to enable (at the category level) some protection to not only disallow lower trust levels from replaying to topics, but also from seeing replies?
I have a category with some wikis, and I would like for the “staff” to be able to have discussions, but only have the main post itself be visible to non-staff members.
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### Author:  [@BenLeong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BenLeong)
#### Post date: [12 Luglio 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-replies-from-trust-levels/66034/2 "2017-07-12T06:32:28Z")
Not a category-specific solution, but have you looked at enabling whispers? That sounds like it would address the issue of having staff-only discussion within the post, particularly if all your wikis are in a category where non-staff members can view but not reply.
> [@Creating a whisper post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-create-a-whisper-post/44247):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to create a whisper post in Discourse, including how to enable the feature and use it effectively. person_raising_hand Required user level: Users in whisper-allowed groups Whispers are a feature in Discourse that allow for private discussion within a topic or personal message. This guide will walk you through enabling and using whispers. Enabling whispers Before whispers can be used, an administrator needs to enable them: Go to your site settings Find…
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### Author:  [@admhpkns](https://meta.discourse.org/u/admhpkns)
#### Post date: [12 Luglio 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-replies-from-trust-levels/66034/3 "2017-07-12T09:30:14Z")
This seems like a viable solution. Although, if it were possible to require replies to be whispers that would be even more awesome.
Thanks @BenLeong. 👍
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [12 Luglio 2017, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-replies-from-trust-levels/66034/4 "2017-07-12T10:01:25Z")
Perhaps if you set the permissions to read only. That wouldn’t keep admins from being able to reply, but I think it would for other staff.