The Community Forum uses a trust level system to grant more permissions to users as they become more trusted by the community. Here is a comprehensive breakdown of what users can do at each trust level:
Trust Level 0 (New)
- Post Replies
- Post Topics
- Reply by Email
- Tag a Topic
- Daily Like Limit: 50
- Upload Avatar
- Profile Background
- Usercard Background
- Mute other users
Trust Level 1 (Basic)
- Reply as Linked Topic
- Post Attachments
- Post Images
- Post Links
- Mention users in a post
- Create Polls
- Edit Own Posts (within 24 hours)
- View Post Edit History
- Edit Wikis
- Daily Like Limit: x1.5
- Ignore other users
- View New User Post Messages
- View Returning User Post Messages
- Have actual links in the ‘about me’ field of their profile
- Send Personal Messages
- Use Chat
- Use Personal Chat
- Flag Chat messages
- Vote Limit: 4
- Use Saved Searches
Trust Level 2 (Member)
- Email-in New Topics
- Create Tags
- Edit Own Posts (within 30 days)
- View Post Edit History
- Edit Wikis
- Daily Like Limit: x2
- See and Use Whispers
- Daily Flag Limit: x1.5
- Flag Posts
- View content of hidden flagged posts
- Hide TL0 spam posts
- Flags count towards auto-suppressing TL0 spammers
- Send invites to specific topics
- Re-categorize and rename topics
- Bulk Select Topics
- Rebuild HTML
- Merge Posts
- Pin/Unpin Topic
- Close Topics
- Archive Topics
- Make Topics Unlisted
- Set Topic Timer
- Set Slow Mode