# Confusion on Bootstrap mode

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-on-bootstrap-mode/64081>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** bootstrap-mode\
**Created:** [June 7, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-on-bootstrap-mode/64081 "2017-06-07T05:59:44Z")\
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**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:** [June 7, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-on-bootstrap-mode/64081/8 "2017-06-07T22:55:22Z")

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I _STRONGLY_ advise against setting your default trust level to 1, as it makes you extremely vulnerable to spammers.

The only case in which you should do this is if every new user is individually vetted as a paying (subscribing) customer.

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