# Are there significant downsides or problems to opening my self-hosted discourse to participating Discourse sites' accounts

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-significant-downsides-or-problems-to-opening-my-self-hosted-discourse-to-participating-discourse-sites-accounts/409729
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [August 10, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-significant-downsides-or-problems-to-opening-my-self-hosted-discourse-to-participating-discourse-sites-accounts/409729 "2026-08-10T19:02:15Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-significant-downsides-or-problems-to-opening-my-self-hosted-discourse-to-participating-discourse-sites-accounts/409729/7 "2026-08-11T19:36:41Z")

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If you want more security on admin accounts, you can switch ` Enforce second factor` to `staff`.

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