# Discourse User Roles difference
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837 "2020-12-01T06:46:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Anusri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anusri)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837/1 "2020-12-01T06:46:58Z")
Hi,
Please anyone tell difference between Moderator and super Moderator?
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837/2 "2020-12-01T09:00:35Z")
> [@Anusri](#):
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> between Moderator and super Moderator?
You mean **Moderator vs Category Moderator**?
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### Author:  [@Anusri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anusri)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837/3 "2020-12-01T09:08:53Z")
like admin vs super admin
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837/4 "2020-12-01T09:11:46Z")
There isn’t admin and super admin afaik. The trust levels and roles are:
1. New User
2. Basic User
3. Member
4. Regular
5. Leader
* * *
1. Category Moderator (Moderate only a specific category, not the entire forum)
2. Moderator (Moderate the forum, one does not have access in the site settings)
3. Admin (Can do anything they want, access in site settings, more admin actions in posts, user profiles and more)
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### Author:  [@Anusri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anusri)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837/5 "2020-12-01T09:13:35Z")
Is there any role - SME?
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837/6 "2020-12-01T09:16:46Z")
> [@Anusri](#):
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> difference between Moderator and super Moderator?
Hello there @Anusri,
In Discourse they are called admin or moderator please see this topic as it explains it very nicely.
> [@Understanding user statuses, roles, and permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/description-of-various-user-states-in-discourse-admin-moderator-staff-developer-other/35171):
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> 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: Permi…
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837/7 "2020-12-01T09:19:57Z")
> [@Anusri](#):
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> SME
A Category Moderator can work as a SME. Granting the leader status also creates the impression of a SME. You can also include a title on their profile and done!
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### Author:  [@Anusri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anusri)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837/8 "2020-12-01T09:33:40Z")
Thank you so much Thomas.
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### Author:  [@grahamperrin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grahamperrin)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2022, 7:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837/9 "2022-02-04T07:44:48Z")
> [@Anusri](#):
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> SME
I understand roles, but the abbreviation **SME** is new to me in this context.
Please: what is it, non-abbreviated?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-roles-difference/171837/10 "2022-02-04T08:03:35Z")
Possibly Subject Matter Expert. If so, there’s also the [Discourse Category Experts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-category-experts/190814) plugin which might be useful.