Hello
Making the suggestion that a new Category Permission be added call Display. This will allow Admins to display the Category but prevent the topics from being seen.
A Use case for me is to display all Categories on the home pages for visitors but they can't see the Topics. When they click on a Category, the Sign Up page is shown.
This new Permission could enhance the Gated Topics in Category theme component (https://meta.discourse.org/t/gated-topics-in-category/225454 by giving control at both the Topic and Category level. May have to change the Theme name to Gated Categories/Topics
Regards
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