# Rules for inviting people to topics?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/rules-for-inviting-people-to-topics/167896>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** invites\
**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rules-for-inviting-people-to-topics/167896 "2020-10-21T17:05:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rules-for-inviting-people-to-topics/167896/1 "2020-10-21T17:05:50Z")

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In some topics it’s not possible to invite another user to the conversation. This happens when it’s in a category that is not open to everyone, which might make some sense in the case of something like a Regulars Lounge category. However, if a category is just not visible to anonymous users (but even a TL0 can Create / Reply / See in it), that already prevents inviting other users to the topic.

I think the logic being applied is to prevent someone from sharing a link / invite by email (which makes sense) but is also preventing inviting existing users by their username.

So instead of:

 ![Screenshot 2020-10-21 at 17.58.29](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/0/60bd092cd4ad6a8e0b9b1bc4932ae92f45ca77c7.png)

One gets:

 ![Screenshot 2020-10-21 at 17.59.04](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/b/4be241cc1929f31b84ffc8c4506a736986f41984.png)

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