# Is it possible to completely disable trust levels?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-completely-disable-trust-levels/42592>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [15 Abril, 2016 06:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-completely-disable-trust-levels/42592 "2016-04-15T06:08:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![ron\_jeremy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ron_jeremy/32/56621_2.png) [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)\
**Post date:** [15 Abril, 2016 06:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-completely-disable-trust-levels/42592/3 "2016-04-15T06:44:44Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> Make it so default trust level is trust level 1, make it impossible to attain trust level 2 via site settings and you are done

Thank you very much – I will look into that in the morning.

> [@sam](#):
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> Also bask in the glory of the automated spam and floods of crazy you get cause you are default trusting everyone 🙂

One forum I mod (SMF) has no such features yet I can’t remember the last time I saw spam or bot activity. Another forum I used to admin (vB5 – don’t get me started) was the same – hardly any spam or bots, and the odd time there was, me or one of the mods would take care of it.

Why would you automatically conclude a forum will turn into full on anarchy if Trust Levels were disabled?

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