# 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:** ![TGP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgp/32/153649_2.png) [@TGP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TGP)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-selectable-make-public-topic-option/144977/8 "2020-03-26T22:03:20Z")

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_Say, I like this idea._ There’s still the issue of members needing to remember to select the right category when posting, but that feels like it could be relatively minor. We’re going to experiment with this.

Thanks, Jay!

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