# Information about permission settings
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/information-about-permission-settings/327167
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [September 19, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/information-about-permission-settings/327167 "2024-09-19T01:50:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@gastonhk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gastonhk)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/information-about-permission-settings/327167/1 "2024-09-19T01:50:43Z")
Hello, I need to know if there is a way for users to create posts in a category, but not see the ones created by others unless they are their own. Only administrators or moderators should be able to view and respond to everything.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/information-about-permission-settings/327167/2 "2024-09-19T01:51:48Z")
No, there is no way to do that. Can you explain your use case? It doesn’t seem to make any sense to have topics that can only be seen by one person plus staff. Why not use PMs?
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### Author:  [@gastonhk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gastonhk)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/information-about-permission-settings/327167/3 "2024-09-19T01:54:09Z")
Ideally, its use would be primarily for a ‘report’ category, where the reported user cannot see who the reporter is to avoid conflicts.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/information-about-permission-settings/327167/4 "2024-09-19T01:55:23Z")
That is what the flagging system does, though. If you flag a post, a PM is created with the moderation staff and the flagger.
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### Author:  [@gastonhk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gastonhk)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/information-about-permission-settings/327167/5 "2024-09-19T01:56:38Z")
Where can I get more information about that?
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/information-about-permission-settings/327167/6 "2024-09-19T01:58:40Z")
This is the best place to start: [Discourse Moderation Guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-moderation-guide/63116). Followed by [Search results for 'flags #documentation order:latest' - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=flags%20%23documentation%20order%3Alatest)
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/information-about-permission-settings/327167/8 "2024-09-19T02:39:52Z")
Are you self hosted or on a hosted plan?
There is this plugin.
> [@Private Topics Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topics-plugin/268646):
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> information_sourceSummary Private Topics Enables private topics in a regular categoryhammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [GitHub - communiteq/discourse-private-topics · GitHub](https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-private-topics)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157)Features This plugin allows you to add an extra security setting to categories so that users can only access their own topics. You can also designate one or more groups that can see all topics in the category. This is typically used for…
If you are hosted though this plugin may not be available for use.