# Invite-only Forum - Can non staff members invite others?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-forum-can-non-staff-members-invite-others/52287>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** invites\
**Created:** [November 1, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-forum-can-non-staff-members-invite-others/52287 "2016-11-01T05:34:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![ggstuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ggstuart/32/148705_2.png) [@ggstuart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ggstuart)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-forum-can-non-staff-members-invite-others/52287/12 "2016-11-11T13:34:45Z")

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Same here, I didn’t really get it but of course, an invite is an explicit approval and users can only be approved by admins/mods.

Is there a case for invitations to be approved? Thus allowing untrusted users to propose invites? Or is this a feature too far?

Perhaps a warning message on the “must approve users” option to be clear that this will prevent the use of invites by members?

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