# Confuso sobre promoção do TL3 e silenciar versus suspender **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [Janeiro 3, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537 "2019-01-03T02:28:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chaboi\_3000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chaboi_3000/32/163015_2.png) [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Post date:** [Janeiro 3, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537/1 "2019-01-03T02:28:39Z")
So a user was spamming emojis a lot. So I silenced him. During the silence, the TL3 requirement for him said that he doesn’t meet the expectation due to being silenced. After the silence expired, it said that he never got a silence, even though he did. Can someone help? ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [Janeiro 3, 2019, 6:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537/6 "2019-01-03T06:48:51Z")
I’m not sure. But now that we have established what the heck it is we’re talking about in this topic, I have edited the title to make it something understandable and maybe @jomaxro can check? ---
**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Post date:** [Janeiro 3, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537/7 "2019-01-03T19:55:52Z")
I can confirm that actively silenced users are not promoted to TL3. Tested on try, also reviewed the [specs](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/spec/models/trust_level3_requirements_spec.rb). ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [Janeiro 4, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537/8 "2019-01-04T00:08:32Z")
Yes, so therefore the rule is that silencing or suspending will prevent TL3 promotion. ---
**Author:** ![Chaboi\_3000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chaboi_3000/32/163015_2.png) [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Post date:** [Janeiro 4, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537/9 "2019-01-04T03:40:21Z")
So does that mean if the user isn’t silenced anymore, but **was** silenced before, they meet the TL3 expectations? ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [Janeiro 4, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537/10 "2019-01-04T04:09:36Z")
See [Understanding Discourse Trust Levels](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/) When you made that choice to silence the user, you also prevented the user from being TL3. ---
**Author:** ![Chaboi\_3000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chaboi_3000/32/163015_2.png) [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Post date:** [Janeiro 4, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537/11 "2019-01-04T04:44:45Z")
Actually that’s what confused me. After the user was automatically unsilenced by system, it said that he meets the TL3 expectations.