Trust Levels & Roles
The platform uses two separate systems: roles, which set what a member is allowed to do, and trust levels, which a member earns through participation.
Roles
Roles are assigned by administrators. The core roles, from lowest to highest, are:
| Role | What it means |
|---|---|
| Banned | Blocked from the community |
| Registered | Standard member — post, reply, react, bookmark, vote in polls, build albums |
| Moderator | Moderation tools and the moderation queue: lock/move threads, handle reports, view the mod log |
| Administrator | Full member management and content management on top of moderator powers |
| Super Admin | System configuration, branding, and full access |
A member can only assign roles below their own level.
Two more kinds of authority sit alongside these roles:
- Scoped moderator grants. A member can be made a moderator of a single forum, category, file area, or game area without being a site-wide moderator. The "Super Mod" and "File Mod" labels you may see refer to these scoped grants.
- Course roles in mobieusLearn. If your community uses mobieusLearn, course authoring and grading are granted per course, separate from the roles above.
Trust Levels
Trust levels are earned automatically as you take part. They unlock capabilities over time.
| Level | Name | How it is reached (default) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Newbie | The starting point for a new account |
| 1 | Member | Verify your email and make at least 5 posts |
| 2 | Senior Member | 30+ days as a member, 25+ posts, a positive post score, email verified |
| 3 | Ambassador | 90+ days, 100+ posts, a strong positive post score, email verified |
| 4 | Veteran | Granted by a moderator |
Administrators and above automatically sit at Ambassador or higher. Veteran is not earned automatically — a moderator grants it.
The thresholds above are the defaults. A Super Admin can tune them for your community, so the exact account age, post count, and score needed for each level may differ from this table.
Each time you reach a new trust level, you earn 250 credits.
What Trust Levels Unlock
Trust levels let you set a participation bar before a member can do certain things. Forum owners and admins can require a minimum trust level to:
- Post in a forum — keep brand-new accounts out until they have taken part elsewhere.
- Post links in a forum — a light-touch spam control. New members can still post; they just cannot drop links until they reach the level you set.
- View a forum — reserve a space for members who have earned their way in.
Higher trust also unlocks file uploads and video posts once a member clears the level your community sets. Moderators and admins are never blocked by these gates.
How They Work Together
Roles and trust levels are independent. A moderator keeps all moderator powers regardless of trust level. Trust levels mainly affect what regular members can do.
Your trust level updates automatically: it is recalculated when you sign in, and again every night, so you keep moving up as your account ages even through a quiet spell. A moderator can also grant a level directly. Check your current level on your profile stats.
