# Bootstrap mode is legacy?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-mode-is-legacy/402468
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** bootstrap-mode
**Created:** [May 8, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-mode-is-legacy/402468 "2026-05-08T10:39:37Z")
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### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-mode-is-legacy/402468/2 "2026-05-08T11:36:04Z")

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For background, see previously:

> [@What is Bootstrap Mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-bootstrap-mode/58462/2):
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> To help a new install get started quickly, **bootstrap mode boosts new user’s initial trust level to 1 as long as there are less than 50 members** (and for an additional 24 hours after that). After that, you hopefully have enough posts for users to gain trust level 1 naturally 🙂
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> Additionally, daily email digests are enabled for these users so they are pinged to return to the site a bit more urgently. Once bootstrap mode is turned off (which happens automatically once you have more than 50 members), this digest setting is reverted to its default.

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