# Invite only/closed groups

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-closed-groups/78120>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** groups\
**Created:** [16.Январь.2018 01:44:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-closed-groups/78120 "2018-01-16T01:44:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Post date:** [16.Январь.2018 09:47:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-closed-groups/78120/6 "2018-01-16T09:47:53Z")

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You also consider that the creation of automatic groups by users can be deleterious.  
You could have dozens of groups dealing with the same theme that have a similar name.  
Paradoxically, your users could create:

- Audi Australia
- Australia Audi
- Audi Australia group
- Australia Audi group
- and so on…

before realizing that there is already an Audi Australia group. Or worse, a user could join the group, find users he does not like and create an Australia Audi group etc…

The simplest thing instead is:

- create the Audi Australia group
- make the group visible to everyone
- configure the group so that users can enter and exit freely
- giving “create see reply” permissions only to group Audi Australia in category Audi Australia

In this way every user can self-manage himself.

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