# User selectable "make public" topic option?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-selectable-make-public-topic-option/144977>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 20, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-selectable-make-public-topic-option/144977 "2020-03-20T19:35:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-selectable-make-public-topic-option/144977/4 "2020-03-20T19:58:50Z")

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No, there are no per-topic permissions that would enable individual topics in a category to be visible to different groups. The only thing which loosely falls into this category is PMs, and they are never public.

Access is set at a category level for good reason. Platforms which allow super granular permissions get _super_ confusing _very_ quickly. I still have nightmares about those permissions panes in vBulletin.

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