I’ve searched but haven’t found an answer to the following - perhaps I’m not using the correct terminology, but what I’m trying to do is limit how many comments a handful of problem users can make per day (or whatever other timeframe we specify). Their behavior hasn’t quite risen to the suspension/banning threshold, though it’s getting close and we’d like to force them to play nice. So is there a way to enforce “Slow Mode” on just them in particular, so they can’t make several comments in rapid succession on various different threads? If not, can we do as I mentioned above, e.g. limit them to 10 comments per day? I’m thinking this might be something we could accomplish with Trust Levels, though I’m not sure how, so further help/guidance appreciated :slight_smile:

What I used in the past was locking those problematic users to trust level 0. That will rate limit their damage.

I see the “Rate Limits” section on the Admin screen - if I change this value, can I knock someone’s trust level down to 0 and have it take effect on their account? [image]

Not really, as that applies to new accounts. If you lock someone to trust level 0 they will already be rate limited, no need to change any settings.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but where do I see the actual, detailed settings for what the different Trust Levels can do? When I click the “Trust Levels” tab it has options like “minimum trust level to do such-and-such”, but I can’t find the screen where it lists what restrictions or rate limits are in effect by default on Level 0.

[image] Understanding Discourse Trust Levels The user trust system is a fundamental cornerstone of Discourse. Trust levels are a way of… [image] Understanding user statuses, roles, and permissions Site Management bookmark This is a guide for understanding the various user statuses, roles, and permissions within Discourse, including how they affect user capabilities and how they are stored in the database. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Discourse has many built-in user statuses, roles, and permissions. These statuses and roles can be seen for a given user when viewing their profile from the users’ section of the admin dashboard: [admin-dashboard-user-permissions] Permi…

Can I enforce Slow Mode on a per-user basis or limit their comments?

Product Support

Falco (Falco) December 14, 2021, 3:34pm 6

Topic		Replies	Views
User Specific Slow Mode Feature moderation , slow-mode	4	520	February 11, 2026
Trust Level 0 as a way of "punishment" lead to unexpected results Product Support trust-levels	7	785	August 30, 2023
Slow mode doesn’t apply to trust level 4 users? Feature slow-mode	1	398	May 25, 2022
Locking at Trust Level 0 Product Support moderation , trust-levels	3	310	September 24, 2025
How to set message limits for user groups? Product Support	3	377	June 13, 2024

Can I enforce Slow Mode on a per-user basis or limit their comments?

Related topics