Trust levels: how participation unlocks features

FO ForenFix vor 3 Monaten

Trust levels reward consistent, constructive participation. As you post, reply, and earn reputation, you move up from Level 0 to Level 5.

Higher levels relax rate limits and unlock light moderation abilities. You never lose a level for being inactive — trust is earned, not rented.

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Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

Strong agree. Good defaults beat a wall of toggles every single time.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.