# Suggestion: New permissions - allow Topic starter and Group members (eg mod team) to view/reply
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-new-permissions-allow-topic-starter-and-group-members-eg-mod-team-to-view-reply/85439
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [4월 16, 2018, 2:52오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-new-permissions-allow-topic-starter-and-group-members-eg-mod-team-to-view-reply/85439 "2018-04-16T14:52:32Z")
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### Author:  [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)
#### Post date: [4월 16, 2018, 2:52오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-new-permissions-allow-topic-starter-and-group-members-eg-mod-team-to-view-reply/85439/1 "2018-04-16T14:52:32Z")
We often use forum sections on other forum platforms I use as a way for members to privately contact staff - where Topics in those sections are only viewable by the Topic Starter and the Mod group.
Would be nice to add this to categories as well as specific tags on Discourse - where only Topic starter and Group members can view/reply.
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [4월 16, 2018, 3:41오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-new-permissions-allow-topic-starter-and-group-members-eg-mod-team-to-view-reply/85439/2 "2018-04-16T15:41:56Z")
You can already have this functionality using group inboxes:
> [@New category permission : "Create and see"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-permission-create-and-see/12053/33):
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> I am closing this cause this is now implemented using “group inboxes” You define a group as the people who are allowed to process the topic list and then allow it to accept messages from any user in the forum. Effectively this gives you “create and see” Any user can create a message to the group All members of the group can see the message (and archive if needed)
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### Author:  [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)
#### Post date: [4월 16, 2018, 5:39오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-new-permissions-allow-topic-starter-and-group-members-eg-mod-team-to-view-reply/85439/3 "2018-04-16T17:39:15Z")
That looks like group PMs?
What we’re looking for is something for Topic permissions. For example, someone posts a Topic which contains inadequate info - we want to move it to a Moderation Queue section/category where only the Topic starter and Mod team can see it 🙂
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [4월 16, 2018, 5:58오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-new-permissions-allow-topic-starter-and-group-members-eg-mod-team-to-view-reply/85439/4 "2018-04-16T17:58:14Z")
Duplicated:
- [New category permission : "Create and see"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-permission-create-and-see/12053)
- [New topic permission type: only particular group AND topic owner to post replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-permission-type-only-particular-group-and-topic-owner-to-post-replies/58412)
and many more.