# About user review function

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-user-review-function/214367
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 10, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-user-review-function/214367 "2022-01-10T12:17:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author: ![zyouchi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zyouchi/32/99141_2.png) [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-user-review-function/214367/1 "2022-01-10T12:17:08Z")

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If users are not approved, can they create a topic?

Is there a way to get all users approved, that is, to deactivate the review feature?

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-user-review-function/214367/2 "2022-01-10T13:23:41Z")

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You can toggle `must approve users` in the admin settings:

 ![must approve users](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/3/e3925c6a372ae89728f759fa47ee3e0d9f1c86b7.jpeg)

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-user-review-function/214367/3 "2022-01-10T14:14:24Z")

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> [@zyouchi](#):
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> If users are not approved, can they create a topic

No they cannot create topics if they are not approved.

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### Author: ![zyouchi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zyouchi/32/99141_2.png) [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-user-review-function/214367/4 "2022-01-10T17:19:32Z")

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I have already unchecked it on my site. Nevertheless, there are cases where user approval is required.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/f/6f5abe5b73f758c04cc4b82a7911aebfb9ffadfa.png)

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-user-review-function/214367/5 "2022-01-10T17:31:27Z")

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> [@zyouchi](#):
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> I have already unchecked it on my site.

No. To approve users you **must** have it checked. 😉

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-user-review-function/214367/6 "2022-01-10T18:10:11Z")

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Have you set one of your categories to require post/topic approval?

 ![category settings - moderation](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/7/57640497fc8d57a054b199f4b5ced8b81eebe596.jpeg)  
But that’s obviously for topics/posts.

I may be a little confused. 🙂

Do you mean a user still needs approval even though you don’t have ‘approve users’ set on your site? Sometimes the system flags new users because they think they’re spam bots? Is that what you mean?

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### Author: ![zyouchi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zyouchi/32/99141_2.png) [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-user-review-function/214367/7 "2022-01-10T20:45:33Z")

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> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> Do you mean a user still needs approval even though you don’t have ‘approve users’ set on your site? Sometimes the system flags new users because they think they’re spam bots? Is that what you mean?

That’s right!!!  
I am sorry that the question is not accurate.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-user-review-function/214367/8 "2022-01-10T21:15:52Z")

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If it’s the typing speed of their first post, you can change that with `min first post typing time`. I haven’t used it myself though.

 ![min first post typing time](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/d/5da0d7a7809a3d78b8123504e208b2f273e4e575.jpeg)

Is there any indication of what reason these users need approval?

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### Author: ![zyouchi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zyouchi/32/99141_2.png) [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-user-review-function/214367/9 "2022-01-10T21:48:11Z")

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> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> If it’s the typing speed of their first post, you can change that with `min first post typing time` . I haven’t used it myself though.

thank you for your answer.  
I had set it to 300, but I would like to lower it to 10 and see what happens.