The discussion revolves around a unique use case where a user group can create a topic, but only the topic owner can reply, while others can view the topic. mbf199t is seeking a solution to achieve this, allowing users to post and receive private messages from others as the only form of follow-up.
Stephen suggests an alternative approach by closing the topics and including a link to automate private messaging the original poster. mbf199t considers this, but explores the possibility of a neater solution.
Stephen clarifies that permission modes do not exist for individual replies in a topic, and that permissions are set at the category level, assigned to groups, not individual users. mbf199t appreciates the clarification, acknowledging that the suggested workaround may be the best available solution.
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…
Granted, it’s an off-spec use case for discourse. The problem is, it’s probably the best tool for the job, if only I can make it work.
In terms of closing the topic, I can set them to close almost instantly by using 0.0001 in the “automatically close topics” setting, which I think still allows the OP to edit the topic regardless…I just wondered if there was a neater way to do it.
That’s about as neat as you’re going to get. No permission modes exist for individual replies in a topic to be hidden. Permissions are set at the category level and are assigned to groups, not individual users.
