Trust levels: how participation unlocks features

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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This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.

Tried this on a staging copy first and it behaved exactly as described. Confident enough to roll it to production now.

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

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

Tried this on a staging copy first and it behaved exactly as described. Confident enough to roll it to production now.