Is this new category access a feasible feature? "see topic title"

[Pad_Pors]

currently there exist read, reply, and create topic access in each category,

I just wanted to know if this makes sense:

having a new access where a group of people (e.g. everyone) have access to only topic titles (see topic title), and others (e.g.TL0-4) have see access to the whole discussion.

use-case: when the category is completely hidden, nobody may ever know what is inside and they won’t get engaged enough to become a member or to grow. but when you see the titles it may engage you more to have the ability to discuss.

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

No, there are no plans for this on any of our roadmaps.

[david (David Taylor)]

This is the use case for my category lockdown plugin:

Advertise activity in a private category (discourse-category-lockdown)

This plugin allows you to restrict access to topic pages in a category. Topic titles will still show up in topic lists, search, user activity & digest emails. This is a great way to advertise the activity in a “members-only” category, which may charge for access. It IS NOT designed to keep the contents of the category 100% private - if someone is determined enough they will be able to piece together the content from search results. Each category has a couple of new settings: [57] “Locked do…

Just remember that this does not provide 100% security, so use carefully