In a support discussion about the “tl3 time period” setting, jordan-violet questioned the unclear description “Trust Level 3 requirements time period (in days)”, asking whether it refers to user activity duration or account age. Stephen clarified that the time period—defaulting to 100 days—defines the window over which Trust Level 3 criteria are evaluated, citing the official blog post Understanding Discourse Trust Levels. Key requirements over the last 100 days include visiting 50% of days, replying to 10 different topics, viewing 25% of recent topics (capped at 500), reading 25% of recent posts (capped at 20k), earning 20 likes and giving 30 (from different users and days), and avoiding excessive flags or suspensions. jordan-violet acknowledged the explanation and suggested improving the description for clarity, proposing wording like: “Time period in which Trust Level 3 requirements are determined against.” jordan-violet emphasized that clearer phrasing would reduce confusion for users configuring trust levels.
The description currently says:
Trust Level 3 requirements time period (in days)
time period in days…what? Time period in days they have to have been active? Time period in days that they have to have been a user?
I feel like there’s a second half of this sentence that is missing.
The other thresholds are evaluated over that time period. IIRC it’s a default of 100 days.
It’s all explained in Understanding Discourse Trust Levels:
Regulars are the backbone of your community, the most active readers and reliable contributors over a period of months, even years. Because they’re always around, they can be further trusted to help tidy up and organize the community.
To get to trust level 3, in the last 100 days…
Must have visited at least 50% of days
Must have replied to at least 10 different non-PM topics
Of topics created in the last 100 days, must have viewed 25%(capped at 500)
Of posts created in the last 100 days, must have read 25% (capped at 20k)
Must have received 20 likes, and given 30 likes.*
Must not have received more than 5 spam or offensive flags (with unique posts and unique users for each, confirmed by a moderator)
Must not have been suspended or silenced in the last 6 months
These likes must be across a minimum number of different users (1/5 the number), across a minimum number of different days (1/4 the number). Likes cannot be from PMs.
Ah, I read that post as well and still didn’t catch that! Thank you!
It would be nicer if it read something like, “Time period in which Trust Level 3 requirements are determined against.” or something to that effect.