# 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:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [15 Abril, 2016 07:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-completely-disable-trust-levels/42592/6 "2016-04-15T07:07:11Z")

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> [@ron\_jeremy](#):
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> and the forum went to hell in a hand basket just as you predicted.

I do not predict that, but you are introducing risk. Yes you can undo some of the damage, but default trust level 1 is very hard to undo, cause you will have a bunch of dormant accounts at TL1 that really should be 0

The biggest risks here is:

1. Skipping TL0 means that a bunch of accounts go through no trivial vetting process. (we are talking 30 minutes here)
2. Skipping TL2/3/4 means that a bunch of hard work is left only to moderators. TL3/4 allows some super duper active and liked users to pitch in on moderation like activity.

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