# Combining trust system and pre-moderation

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/combining-trust-system-and-pre-moderation/4556>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed\
**Created:** [07.Март.2013 18:10:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/combining-trust-system-and-pre-moderation/4556 "2013-03-07T18:10:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![frandallfarmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/frandallfarmer/32/102170_2.png) [@frandallfarmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frandallfarmer)\
**Post date:** [08.Март.2013 16:32:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/combining-trust-system-and-pre-moderation/4556/9 "2013-03-08T16:32:53Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Well, one problem you will run into is that a lot of basic trust users may like the “what is it like to kiss Angela Jolie” topic, even if that is not the sort of topic you want on your site

By having a customized trust level for “see and review” new messages, forum operators could set that to any level - level 1 by default and mod level if they want to lock it down.

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> I’d imagine you would only want very highly trusted users

Though I’m no fan of symmetry for symmetry’s sake, I’m not seeing why this kind of approval inherently requires more trust than flagging-to-hide. In short - if a group of users can be trusted to provisionally hide stuff - why can’t they show new stuff as well? Anything “inappropriately” approved using this process can still be hidden by flags or moderator action.

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