See first post only?
 

The challenge:

'I' as admin create a thread.
'Them' (a specific user group) can only see my post, eventually their own, but not others'

Confused? Let me clarify.
I need to be able to launch a thread, ask a specific usergroup to respond, but not allow them to see 'eachothers' responses. They should be able to see my first post but that's it.

Another way I thought of doing it was through the blog. I would create a blog post and they would post comments. That would work if I could somehow allow them to see the blog, comment on the blog, but then no longer 'see' the comments (I don't care if they cannot see their own comment).

Here's why I need this. I'm going to be using this to hire freelancers for our company. Our thinking is: we start a thread, then the various freelancers respond on the thread but cannot see eachother's responses. This allows us to see all their responses but they won't see them.

I thought of Tachy goes to Coventry as an option, but then on my side, only Admins would be able to see the posts whereas I have staff who are not admins who would need to see it.

I know, it's not an easy one :o:o:o

How about making that usergroup's posts moderated upon submitting. Basically, when they post, it'll need approval before it's public. Therefore, staff can see it, but no other regular users can.

And of course, they could always just PM you

Thanks. Problem is that once it's validated, all see it.
In any case, I've given up :( We've moved the process over to our Kayako helpdesk. I wanted to keep it in our forum environment but...
But thanks for your reply!!