# User Invitation/Poking a user to a topic is now live!

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2015年四月4日 00:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180 "2015-04-04T00:27:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![thomaspurchas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thomaspurchas/32/115664_2.png) [@thomaspurchas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thomaspurchas)\
**Post date:** [2015年四月11日 01:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/35 "2015-04-11T01:12:52Z")

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I was under the impression that this was _just_ a ping feature (assuming the use of usernames), and that is all it ever would be.

The idea of inviting people to a private topic has come up a few [times](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-users-to-topic-in-private-category/25593). But @sam and @codinghorror have always been a bit unhappy with the idea, for a number of good reasons (check the thread for details).

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