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

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-new-category-access-a-feasible-feature-see-topic-title/74491
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [21 בנובמבר,‏ 2017,‏ 8:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-new-category-access-a-feasible-feature-see-topic-title/74491 "2017-11-21T08:11:10Z")
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### Author: ![Pad\_Pors](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pad_pors/32/52016_2.png) [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)
#### Post date: [21 בנובמבר,‏ 2017,‏ 8:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-new-category-access-a-feasible-feature-see-topic-title/74491/1 "2017-11-21T08:11:10Z")

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

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/6/36eb80cf205846a7c4e30acfba38e5f6f900429a.png)

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.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/f/af89ee768b1e941bc75c9a13b256a28534a2a7c2.png)

_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.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [21 בנובמבר,‏ 2017,‏ 11:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-new-category-access-a-feasible-feature-see-topic-title/74491/2 "2017-11-21T11:25:12Z")

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

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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [21 בנובמבר,‏ 2017,‏ 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-new-category-access-a-feasible-feature-see-topic-title/74491/3 "2017-11-21T12:31:35Z")

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This is the use case for my category lockdown plugin:

> [@Discourse Category Lockdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advertise-activity-in-a-private-category-discourse-category-lockdown/70649):
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> 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 in the Security tab…

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