# Mark a Topic as members-only

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-a-topic-as-members-only/53072>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [November 18, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-a-topic-as-members-only/53072 "2016-11-18T13:35:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-a-topic-as-members-only/53072/4 "2016-11-18T14:23:53Z")

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I understand what you want, but I don’t think it’s gonna happen.

A category where tl\_0 can see/reply/create is the same thing.

Doing security at topic level would be a complexity burden for little gain at this point.

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