Hi. I understand the moderator privilege also gives access to review users private messages. Is that the case? How do we provide more restricted moderation options so that we can enable user moderators? Thx

[image] charleswalter: more restricted moderation options What do you exactly mean by that? Moderators have to be well-trusted members, in order to review both public and private flags. When someone flags a message, they simply ask for a moderators’ or administrators’ help. Keep in mind, that…

If all you need to for those users to move topics between categories trust level 3 is enough.

[image] charleswalter: moderator privilege also gives access to review users private messages Only in the case where the PMs are flagged, so this statement isn’t really correct.

Thx all for the solutions. Will be exploring. Would be curious to hear from other community owners who have relied on members for some moderation

@codinghorror @Falco @Thomas_G is there any way to grant permission to users to hide replies or topics from within the normal interface, but NOT grant access to the full moderation queue?

No one can hide replies. You can change the flags settings and the desired Trust Level would have a stronger impact to the post or a topic, when it gets flagged. To hide the entire topic, including its’ replies, they have to be Trust Level 4.

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) January 27, 2020, 2:38am 5

Only in the case where the PMs are flagged, so this statement isn’t really correct.

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