The discussion revolves around the “allow uncategorized topics” setting in Discourse. Initially, rbrlortie reported a bug where users could create uncategorized topics despite the setting being enabled. However, jomaxro pointed out that admins are exempt from this setting, and rbrlortie acknowledged the mistake.
The topic was then edited to reflect the actual issue: the “allow uncategorized topics” message should specify that admin accounts will bypass this setting to avoid confusion. codinghorror argued that explicitly indicating exemptions for staff in the UI is unnecessary, as staff are generally immune to most normal user limits.
Yes, staff are immune to this limit, they are immune to most limits in Discourse, and always have been. I don’t see any point in sticking dozens of virtual post-it notes all over the UI indicating this. All you need to keep in mind is one simple general rule: staff are immune to most normal user limits.
