# Admin versus moderator

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-versus-moderator/56750
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 1, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-versus-moderator/56750 "2017-02-01T21:44:04Z")
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### Author: ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-versus-moderator/56750/2 "2017-02-01T21:45:35Z")

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Moderators control the content (and the users). Admins control the _system_ (configuration, etc).

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