# Is there a restriction on viewing topics feature?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-restriction-on-viewing-topics-feature/304767
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [April 21, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-restriction-on-viewing-topics-feature/304767 "2024-04-21T01:54:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Monikas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/monikas/32/375316_2.png) [@Monikas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monikas)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-restriction-on-viewing-topics-feature/304767/1 "2024-04-21T01:54:34Z")

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Is there a feature that restricts certain levels of users to viewing only 1-3 topics per day and then not being able to view other topics?

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2024, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-restriction-on-viewing-topics-feature/304767/2 "2024-04-21T07:52:32Z")

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This does a similar thing but for anonymous visitors.

It might make sense to PR to this and extend it for other groups and instead of showing you a login, show you some kind of other message?:

> [@Guest Gate Theme Component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guest-gate-theme-component/225107):
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> Hello wave This theme component is created from [Guest Gate (Sign Up Popup Plugin)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guest-gate-sign-up-popup-plugin/56625/). It can lock topics for anon visitors with a modal and force them to Sign Up or Login. The component can be use for an alert modal, encouraging visitors to sign up but allowing them to close the modal (for this, leave the dismissable false setting unchecked). Options include changing the number of topics that can be viewed before the modal is displayed. Tip: If you use the …

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