# Restrict Topic Replies to Topic Owner only **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [November 8, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-replies-to-topic-owner-only/101634 "2018-11-08T20:38:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![mbf199t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@mbf199t](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbf199t)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-replies-to-topic-owner-only/101634/1 "2018-11-08T20:38:04Z")
Hi Guys I have a question. I’m a complete newb, so apologies if this is obvious, but I’ve been searching for a couple of days and had to resort to the old-fashioned method of asking the question. Without any super-complex hacks, is it possible to allow Discourse user groups to be able to create a topic, but not allow anyone else to reply? The idea - for context, is to allow people to post, with the only follow-up method being a private message to the topic poster. It’s not a problem for the original creator to be able to reply/update/edit the original topic, and everyone should be able to view the topic, but replies should be private… Any advice gratefully appreciated… mbf199t --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-replies-to-topic-owner-only/101634)._