# Feature suggestion: TL boost for new users who link established social media accounts

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-suggestion-tl-boost-for-new-users-who-link-established-social-media-accounts/132814
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [7 november 2019 om 10:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-suggestion-tl-boost-for-new-users-who-link-established-social-media-accounts/132814 "2019-11-07T10:34:33Z")
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### Author: ![Remah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/remah/32/70590_2.png) [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)
#### Post date: [7 november 2019 om 11:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-suggestion-tl-boost-for-new-users-who-link-established-social-media-accounts/132814/2 "2019-11-07T11:25:58Z")

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This looks like at least two different functions:

1. User locality test

- a local IP address
  - non mobile - not sure why mobile is an issue?
  - not a VPN

- a work email address - further evidence of locality?

1. Social media test

- one or more linked social media profiles
  - longevity
  - friends

I see a third test given that a second type of locality test is to the workplace rather than the discourse user locality:

1. Workplace locality test

- a work email address
- matching IP locality

#### Would I use it?

My first thought is that I would never use it as I don’t have any neighbourhood/locality sites.

I would generally only automatically promote to TL2 for users joining gated groups (with relevant category permissions) by say:

- subscription (Patreon, ProCourse, etc)
- authorisation from email address of group owner where [group owner who is not a group member](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-owners-should-not-necessarily-be-group-members/38394)

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