# About the category moderator feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-category-moderator-feature/169185 **Category:** Support **Tags:** category-moderators **Created:** [November 4, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-category-moderator-feature/169185 "2020-11-04T06:03:02Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 14
### Author: ![Nesha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nesha/32/268340_2.png) [@Nesha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nesha) #### Post date: [May 4, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-category-moderator-feature/169185/14 "2023-05-04T23:45:45Z")
> [@JammyDodger](#): > > Though I think in your case it may be that you actually want your users to be TL2 and to just be participants rather than assist with organising and housekeeping? Hmmmmmmm, this is a very good point @JammyDodger. Admittedly, the decision to grant level 3 to all the users was made more than a year ago, and you have changed and improved many things since then. Looking at your comparative table of what users at each trust level can do: > [@Trust Level Permissions Reference](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-permissions-table-inc-moderator-roles/224824): > > bookmark This reference aims to be a comprehensive list of Discourse features, marked by Trust Level, and including the relevant admin settings which influence them. Trust Level Grid - Defaults TL = Trust Level dependant gear = Can be enabled or adjusted by an admin setting gearTL0 TL1 TL2 TL3 TL4 Category Moderator Moderator [[1]](#footnote-1091734-1) Post Replieswhite_check_markwhite_check_markwhite_check_markwhite_check_markwhite_check_markTLwhite_check_mark[[2]](#footnote-1091734-2) Post Topic… It appears that if our ordinary users are starting at level 2 they would not be at a noticeable disadvantage. We are already investing in education our level 4s - Leaders to be able to manage the content in categories and work with tags. We have to discuss this with our team. But (and you know us by now) the next question would be: if we decide to downgrade our user base from level 3 to level 2 (about 250 users and growing) what would be the easiest way to do that? Thanks for you help Nesha --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-category-moderator-feature/169185)._